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June 8, 2023
Flawed Approach: The Working Families Tax Cut Act as a Response to Inflation
…who already have little to no taxable income. The largest benefits would go to middle- to upper-middle-income households. Moreover, the timing of the policy is ill-fitted to address current inflation…
June 8, 2023
Oklahoma Has Approved the Nation’s First Religious Charter School. What’s That Mean?
…expansive school voucher programs, and the legal status of state “Blaine amendments” is very much in question. It seemed like a good time to check in with Nicole Stelle Garnett,…
June 7, 2023
The Price We’ll Pay for Our AI Future: More Loneliness
Americans are trapped in a loneliness epidemic. Across the country, people are having fewer social interactions, spending more time alone, and reporting fewer close friends. These trends aren’t just a symptom…
June 7, 2023
How ‘Negativity Bias’ Skews the Conversation About Artificial Intelligence
…problems. In the aggregate, this technology holds great promise for improving the human condition in nearly every domain through innovations that will enhance our health and well-being. At the same time,…
June 7, 2023
The Price We’ll Pay For Our AI Future: More Loneliness
Americans are trapped in a loneliness epidemic. Across the country, people are having fewer social interactions, spending more time alone, and reporting fewer close friends. These trends aren’t just a symptom…
June 2, 2023
America’s Baby Bust Is Back on Track
America’s birthrate has been falling steadily since the Great Recession 15 years ago, and the brief uptick of 2021 proved to be a statistical blip, as new birth data show…
June 2, 2023
America’s Failing Child-Protection System
…Stoner, to live with them. He beats Demon, locks him in his room for days at a time, and makes him scrub the floors with bleach until he practically passes…
June 1, 2023
Will Chat Tech Help the Neuro-Divergent Find Their Place in Society?
…with AI chat coaches rose by 14 percent (35 percent among the least skilled workers), turnover went down, and training time fell by half. Fewer calls were “escalated” to managers…
May 31, 2023
Ending the Small Checks Scam
…in virtually no savings—a paltry $6 million over the coming decade, in a program expected to spend $165 billion in just federal funds during that time. As Roll Call headlined, those relatively small savings made…
May 31, 2023
Children Are Dead Because Activists Say It’s Racist for ACS to Act
…the result of an agency that is stretched too thin. According to the New York Times, that neighborhood’s “caseworkers have an average load of 12.5 cases, ACS said — about…