For many local governments, administering federal food benefits is increasingly becoming an unfunded mandate.
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Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The AI Alignment That Can Save Us
To level the playing field between AI moguls and the rest of us, we need political action.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Unheralded End of Mass Incarceration
America’s prison population is plummeting thanks to lower crime rates. The consequences are extraordinary.
Posted inPolitics
Why Democrats Should Be Most Worried About Troy Jackson (And It’s Not the Consultants)
Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee has a weakness in today’s throw-the-bums-out environment—a long record in state government.
Posted inPolitics
Why Won’t the Clean Energy Industry Play Dirty?
Since sweeping to power in 2025, Republicans have waged an all-out war on clean energy. Congress gutted major clean energy and electric vehicle subsidies enacted under Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, killed state-level rules to spur electric vehicle adoption, and blocked legislation to ease permitting for wind power projects. The Trump administration has gone further, […]
Posted inNewsletter
AI’s Anti-Woman Problem
As regulators tackle AI safety, they should also consider bias.
Posted inPolitics
This Is the Biggest Reason Why a Blue Wave Is Probably Coming
Nothing makes voters angrier at the party in power than having less money in their pockets, and real disposable income is down.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Unitary Executive Theory in All of Its Historical Perversity
A misinformed idea underlies much of the work of John Roberts’s Supreme Court.
Posted inHigher Education
Thriving After High School: A Foundation to Build On
A new report makes a nuanced case for what post-secondary graduates need to get ahead.
Posted inBooks
Not Post-Literate Yet
Discouraging surveys and a semi-illiterate president notwithstanding, reports of the death of reading are exaggerated.
