Torrents of Water and Trickles of Data
Natural disasters are on the rise in the United States, but first responders may lack the basic information they need to be ready.
A Tale of Two Internets
To achieve a non-draconian vision of internet governance, liberal-democratic countries must coordinate their policies and messaging.
Are Americans Giving Up on Democracy?
A recent New America event investigated America’s increasingly murky relationship with democracy and authoritarianism.
Digital Sales Are Transforming Business Within Prisons
Private companies are selling digital services to inmates—but researchers worry about a lack of regulation.
Eight Strategies for Integrating Apprenticeship and College
More Americans will choose apprenticeship when it connects to our higher ed system. A new policy paper proposes eight strategies to do it.
Father Knows Best
How one father’s journey sheds light on the entrepreneurial skills-learning needed in the future.
Meritocracy, the American Dream, and Other Fairy Tales Part II
All of the social policy answers I’ve collected over the year have led me to one big question: What do we owe each other?
Policy, Politics, and Civic Voice
There is no one-way street between public policy and the political machinations that help develop and construct it.
Raising the Standard: Bringing Security and Transparency to the Internet of Things?
Join OTI for a discussion on the role of collaboration in the mission to better the evolving Internet of Things space.
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The Future of Cities: How Communities Rebound
For The Catalyst, William McKenzie speaks with James Fallows about how a strong civic narrative is essential to a town’s rebirth.