NSF Funding is Critical to Our Students and the Skilled Technical Workforce
Budget cuts to the U.S. National Science Foundation undermine the skilled workforce needed to sustain America’s economic success.
The Kids Are Not Alright. But Don’t Blame Social Media.
Sydney Saubestre on whether the data supports the growing push to blame social media for the youth mental health crisis.
Katrina’s America: 20 Years Since the Storm
Two decades after Katrina, experts reflect on its lasting impact on policy, race, climate, and culture—and what it means for America today.
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Rural Residents Turn to Community Colleges for Bachelor’s Degrees
Community college baccalaureates create pathways to socioeconomic mobility that benefit not only individual students but entire communities.
Think Tanks in an Authoritarian Moment
Mark Schmitt wrote for The Democracy Journal on the role of think tanks in an age of authoritarianism.
Where Are the Moonshots?
Gordon LaForge urges for greater public capacity for AI to deliver the benefits we hope it will.
7/15 Joint FCC Comments Supporting Sharing Lower 37 GHz Spectrum Using an Automated Coordination Database
OTI and Public Knowledge submitted comments in response to the FCC’s Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the lower 37 GHz band.
Designing the Future
The work of civic reinvention.
What Austin’s Pro-Housing Wins Can Teach Us
Five years after failed zoning code reform, and a 79 percent spike in home prices later, the city made lasting progress.