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Listening at Scale in California: Inside the Possibility Lab’s Collaborative Model

Listening at Scale in California: Inside the Possibility Lab’s Collaborative Model

The Possibility Lab is working with state agencies and communities to implement more participatory engagement and frameworks.

Dec 3, 2025

Hollie Russon Gilman, Sarah Jacob

Strategies for Re-Enrolling Adult Learners at Community Colleges

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Strategies for Re-Enrolling Adult Learners at Community Colleges

This report reviews states’ and community colleges’ strategies to encourage adults to re-enroll in school and suggests other research.

Dec 2, 2025

Ivy Love, Sarah Nzau, Tiffany Thai

Flexibility, Access, Compassion: What Families’ Experiences with Support Services Teach Us

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Flexibility, Access, Compassion: What Families’ Experiences with Support Services Teach Us

Flexibility, ease of access, and compassion create services that help families succeed.

Nov 20, 2025

Jessica Weeden, Jacklynn Pham

Mixed Delivery, Stronger Results: How to Intentionally Design Local Early Childhood Systems

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Mixed Delivery, Stronger Results: How to Intentionally Design Local Early Childhood Systems

Building robust, equitable mixed delivery early childhood systems at the local level requires intentional design.

Nov 19, 2025

Emmy Liss, Sarah Gilliland

An Analysis of DC Eviction Filings: June Through October 2025

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An Analysis of DC Eviction Filings: June Through October 2025

A new analysis of DC eviction filings reveals hardest-hit neighborhoods, biggest evictors, back rent owed, and tenants’ median rents.

Nov 17, 2025

Yuliya Panfil, Jeff Reichman, Sabiha Zainulbhai, Helen Bonnyman

AI Agents and Memory: Privacy and Power in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Era

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AI Agents and Memory: Privacy and Power in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Era

A brief on how to ensure agentic AI systems remain understandable, accountable, and aligned with the people they serve.

Nov 5, 2025

Matt Steinberg, Prem M. Trivedi

Defending the Defenders: Building a Secure Digital Front Line for Human Rights Organizations

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Defending the Defenders: Building a Secure Digital Front Line for Human Rights Organizations

This report examines the fragmented and uncoordinated digital security support ecosystem for human rights defenders.

Nov 5, 2025

Jocelyn Woolbright

Preservation and Wealth-Building: Insights from Senior Homeowners in Chicago’s Englewood Neighborhood

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Preservation and Wealth-Building: Insights from Senior Homeowners in Chicago’s Englewood Neighborhood

Englewood seniors share what they need to age in place and pass their homes to the next generation to build wealth.

Oct 31, 2025

Vanessa Rangel, Sabiha Zainulbhai, Emma Fenstermaker, Meegan Dugan Adell, Yuliya Panfil

Sustaining Affordable Rents and Homeownership: Insights from Building Owners in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood

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Sustaining Affordable Rents and Homeownership: Insights from Building Owners in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood

Multi-unit building owners from in and around Pilsen share with us what they need to maintain their buildings and keep rent affordable.

Oct 31, 2025

Vanessa Rangel, Sabiha Zainulbhai, Emma Fenstermaker, Meegan Dugan Adell, Yuliya Panfil

Low Earth Orbit Satellites: Policies to Promote Spectrum Sharing, Foster Competition, and Close Digital Divides

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Low Earth Orbit Satellites: Policies to Promote Spectrum Sharing, Foster Competition, and Close Digital Divides

A report from the LEO Policy Working Group on three key issues for policymakers.

Oct 30, 2025

Michael Calabrese, Kristian Stout, Gerald Adams, Jessica Dine, Sarah Forland

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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

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Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

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Rediscovering Kindergarten: Embracing Play and Joy in Learning

The Man Who Stole the Gods

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Listening at Scale in California: Inside the Possibility Lab’s Collaborative Model

Strategies for Re-Enrolling Adult Learners at Community Colleges

Flexibility, Access, Compassion: What Families’ Experiences with Support Services Teach Us

Mixed Delivery, Stronger Results: How to Intentionally Design Local Early Childhood Systems

An Analysis of DC Eviction Filings: June Through October 2025

AI Agents and Memory: Privacy and Power in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Era

Defending the Defenders: Building a Secure Digital Front Line for Human Rights Organizations

Preservation and Wealth-Building: Insights from Senior Homeowners in Chicago’s Englewood Neighborhood

Sustaining Affordable Rents and Homeownership: Insights from Building Owners in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood

Low Earth Orbit Satellites: Policies to Promote Spectrum Sharing, Foster Competition, and Close Digital Divides

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