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How Funders Can Drive Democratic Innovation Through Citizens’ Assemblies

How Funders Can Drive Democratic Innovation Through Citizens’ Assemblies

Our political landscape calls for innovative solutions to rebuild trust, tackle polarization, and enhance government responsiveness.

Mar 14, 2025

Hollie Russon Gilman, Maya Ingram, Lance Bitner-Laird, Hillary Hooke

Enhancing Representation in Massachusetts: The Case for Preferential and Proportional Electoral Systems

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Enhancing Representation in Massachusetts: The Case for Preferential and Proportional Electoral Systems

Alternative electoral systems—such as ranking systems or list-based proportional systems—could enhance representation in the state.

Mar 12, 2025

Remaining Native

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Remaining Native

Paige Bethmann tracks a young runner confronting the legacy of Indian boarding schools while chasing his collegiate dreams.

Mar 7, 2025

Paige Bethmann

Cut Short: The Broken Promises of Cosmetology Education

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Cut Short: The Broken Promises of Cosmetology Education

Cosmetology education in the U.S. needs dire reform. It fails to meet student expectations and leaves graduates with burdensome debt.

Mar 6, 2025

Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Olivia Cheche, Rachel Fishman, Ewaoluwa Obatuase

Empowering Student Agency in the Digital Age: The Role of Privacy in EdTech

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Empowering Student Agency in the Digital Age: The Role of Privacy in EdTech

Five recommendations emerged after a roundtable examining education technology and the impact of privacy policies on digital student agency.

Feb 27, 2025

An-Me Chung, Jazmyne Owens, Sydney Saubestre, Kéah Sharma, Joel Yong

My File: A Collaborative and Open-Source Approach to Transforming Public Service Delivery

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My File: A Collaborative and Open-Source Approach to Transforming Public Service Delivery

A new replicable system is informed by human-centered design and empowers users to securely store, share, and access their vital documents.

Feb 26, 2025

Allison Price, Ryan Ko

The Transition to Competitive Integrated Employment: Perspectives on Phasing Out the Subminimum Wage

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The Transition to Competitive Integrated Employment: Perspectives on Phasing Out the Subminimum Wage

How can we best support workers and their families in the transition away from subminimum wage?

Feb 25, 2025

Kimberly Knackstedt, Elena Silva

A Sustainable Path for AI Development to Empower Communities and Serve Public Interests

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A Sustainable Path for AI Development to Empower Communities and Serve Public Interests

Hortus AI calls for constituents to reassert and defend public values before they are automated away by ever larger models.

Feb 18, 2025

Thomas Krendl Gilbert, Nitin Verma, Marjorie Xie

Why Cash Matters: How a Guaranteed Basic Income Program Helped One Family Survive

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Why Cash Matters: How a Guaranteed Basic Income Program Helped One Family Survive

Guaranteed Basic Income programs support families that don’t qualify for traditional poverty-related benefits.

Feb 14, 2025

Jasmine Heyward, Brigid Schulte

Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism

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Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism

Eve L. Ewing shows how American schools were built to uphold racial hierarchies, shaping inequality from the start.

Feb 11, 2025

Eve L. Ewing

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Thriving Families

A Model for Associational Party Building

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Workforce Pell: A State Playbook for Implementation

Virginia’s New Paid Leave Law Closes the Loop Between Implementation and Policy

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

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Rediscovering Kindergarten: Embracing Play and Joy in Learning

The Man Who Stole the Gods

The Moth Mainstage at The National Building Museum

From Classrooms to Care Floor: Building Healthcare Apprenticeship Pathways for Youth

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How Funders Can Drive Democratic Innovation Through Citizens’ Assemblies

Enhancing Representation in Massachusetts: The Case for Preferential and Proportional Electoral Systems

Remaining Native

Cut Short: The Broken Promises of Cosmetology Education

Empowering Student Agency in the Digital Age: The Role of Privacy in EdTech

My File: A Collaborative and Open-Source Approach to Transforming Public Service Delivery

The Transition to Competitive Integrated Employment: Perspectives on Phasing Out the Subminimum Wage

A Sustainable Path for AI Development to Empower Communities and Serve Public Interests

Why Cash Matters: How a Guaranteed Basic Income Program Helped One Family Survive

Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism

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