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Where policy, equity, and culture come together
What Comes After the Epstein Files: A Q&A with Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
The SAVE Act Is the Wrong Way to ‘Nationalize’ Elections. There’s a Better One.
In a Well-Being Economy, Time Isn’t Money—It’s Care
Remembering the Village Impulse: Toward a Well-Being Economy That Rewards Care
Editor’s Picks
The Cost of Beauty: Inside the Broken Promise of Cosmetology School
The Dilemma of Jury Duty in Trump and Jeanine Pirro’s DC
How Netflix’s ‘A House of Dynamite’ Might Change Our Thinking on Nuclear War
On-Screen Representation Means More Than Just Identity. It’s About Context.
How to Protect Your Privacy Online: Five Tips from Tech Policy Experts
Is Trump Really a Fascist? Examining the Controversial Claim
The Latest
What’s the Point of Off-year Elections?
In this Q&A, political experts Lee Drutman and Maresa Strano examine the weird world of odd-year elections.
Tracking Your Every Move, For Your Protection—A Surveillance State Appropriating Self-Defense Technologies
The need to track every Mexican for their own protection is as real as Mexicans’ mistrust of the trackers.
California Shows Us What a National Guaranteed Income Could Be
California turned UBI into what could be our best hope for helping people support themselves and their families.
The Building Blocks of Meaningful AI Regulation
“Regulation” is the new buzzword in the AI policy space, and we need to establish solid frameworks if we want it to actually work.
Dystopian Sci-Fi and the Fear of Today and Tomorrow’s Technology
Stories of dystopian sci-fi are making us scared of technology, but our fear shouldn’t blind us to the potential to create something better.
Make Friends With Your Fear
Even before 9/11, America was obsessed with eliminating threats. But true security comes from embracing our fear.
The Great Unknowns of Space
As countries around the world grow their own space capabilities, so do the fears of the unknowns of space and its prospect of becoming a war
What America’s Fear of China Really Says About Us
When politicians slam China, all Asian Americans get put in the crosshairs.
Why Are We Afraid of Defunding the Police?
Community Ambassadors show how we can live in a society that moves beyond our need to heavily rely on the police.
Outed by Your Own Cell Phone: Private Data Isn’t So Private
A scandal in the Catholic Church should matter to everyone who cares about privacy, as transparency is not the lack of privacy.