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Changing the Child Care Narrative

Through reporting grants, the Better Life Lab shows how child care policy can transform communities, spotlighting an underreported topic.

Sep 25, 2025

Rebecca Gale

Redrawing the Lines: How Purposeful School System Redistricting Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation

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Redrawing the Lines: How Purposeful School System Redistricting Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation

A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for students.

Sep 25, 2025

Zahava Stadler, Jordan Abbott

A Weapon Against Women in Politics: Reining in Nonconsensual Synthetic Intimate Imagery

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A Weapon Against Women in Politics: Reining in Nonconsensual Synthetic Intimate Imagery

Nonconsensual intimate imagery often targets and harms women in political life. How does it spread, and what are the solutions?

Sep 18, 2025

Adriana Stephan

Digital Gaps, Cyber Threats: Designing Policies to Keep People Safe Online

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Digital Gaps, Cyber Threats: Designing Policies to Keep People Safe Online

At the intersection of human and cybersecurity vulnerabilities lies the opportunity to build a more equitable digital future.

Sep 10, 2025

Nina-Simone Edwards

Securing the Backbone of Artificial Intelligence: Protecting Data Centers

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Securing the Backbone of Artificial Intelligence: Protecting Data Centers

Artificial intelligence data centers face additional threats compared to traditional data centers.

Sep 4, 2025

Seungmin Lee

Who Applied?: Class of 2026 Fellows Program Applicants

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Who Applied?: Class of 2026 Fellows Program Applicants

For the Class of 2026 �鶹��ý Fellows, we received over 370 applications and will award 10 fellowships.

Sep 2, 2025

Awista Ayub

Bridging the Gap: Funding Universal Service in the Broadband Era

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Bridging the Gap: Funding Universal Service in the Broadband Era

The key tool meant to help everyone in the United States access communications services is stuck in the past. Here are the paths forward.

Aug 19, 2025

Jessica Dine, Raza Panjwani

Model English Learner Policy for School Boards

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Model English Learner Policy for School Boards

This new resource for school board leaders will help ensure equitable access and inclusion for all students identified as English learners.

Aug 19, 2025

Leslie Villegas

The Age Divide: How America’s Electoral System Reinforces the Gerontocracy

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The Age Divide: How America’s Electoral System Reinforces the Gerontocracy

A multiparty system and genuine electoral competition would improve the representation and engagement of young people in U.S. politics.

Aug 18, 2025

Oscar Pocasangre, Dustin Wahl

Thinking and Working Politically on Land Tenure

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Thinking and Working Politically on Land Tenure

Drawing on decades of experience from USAID and other development agencies, this report gives concrete examples of successful land reform.

Aug 6, 2025

Yuliya Panfil, Jeffrey Stark, Mark S. Freudenberger, Tim Robustelli, Karol Boudreaux

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Education & Work

Democratic Futures

Global Security

Technology & Democracy

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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Changing the Child Care Narrative

Redrawing the Lines: How Purposeful School System Redistricting Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation

A Weapon Against Women in Politics: Reining in Nonconsensual Synthetic Intimate Imagery

Digital Gaps, Cyber Threats: Designing Policies to Keep People Safe Online

Securing the Backbone of Artificial Intelligence: Protecting Data Centers

Who Applied?: Class of 2026 Fellows Program Applicants

Bridging the Gap: Funding Universal Service in the Broadband Era

Model English Learner Policy for School Boards

The Age Divide: How America’s Electoral System Reinforces the Gerontocracy

Thinking and Working Politically on Land Tenure

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�鶹��ý Celebrates 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

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