For many local governments, administering federal food benefits is increasingly becoming an unfunded mandate.
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The AI Alignment That Can Save Us
To level the playing field between AI moguls and the rest of us, we need political action.
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Taming the AI Monster
Here’s some of the collective action we need to make artificial intelligence work for everyone’s benefit.
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.
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The Grim Reality Behind a New Census Report
Trump administration and Republican policies, from the One Big Beautiful Bill to proposed Census changes, are pushing more households into poverty. Immigrants are hit hardest.
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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 inBooks
Is Neoliberalism to Blame for America’s Health Care Woes?
Horror stories about private equity-owned hospitals are part of a deeper trend, a new book argues.
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The Red Undertow in the Midterms
Charlie Cook on how the toxicity of Trump may pull his party down.
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, […]
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AI’s Anti-Woman Problem
As regulators tackle AI safety, they should also consider bias.
