What's the single most impactful thing your city council could do?
City councils control more of your daily life than Congress does. They set zoning, police priorities, school funding, transit investments, housing policy, and…
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City councils control more of your daily life than Congress does. They set zoning, police priorities, school funding, transit investments, housing policy, and…
The post-9/11 veteran cohort — roughly 3.7 million people who served after 2001 — has distinct needs from earlier generations. They saw more frequent…
The post-Cold War "unipolar moment" is clearly over. The U.S. remains the most powerful country in the world, but faces a more assertive China, an aggressive…
Housing has become the defining affordability issue for middle-income Americans in major metros. Median home prices in coastal cities now require incomes most…
In the 2024 cycle, the first major AI-generated campaign ads appeared. By 2026, synthetic media is cheap, fast, and increasingly realistic. The question of how…
In the summer of 2020, cities across the country pledged police reform: body camera mandates, use-of-force restrictions, civilian oversight boards, mental…
Ranked-choice voting is spreading — Alaska uses it for federal elections, Maine uses it, several more states are debating it. Advocates say it changes the…
The headline unemployment rate is low. The stock market is up. Corporate profits are near record levels. By standard macro indicators, the economy looks…
After a decade of political deadlock, a new immigration reform framework is on the table in 2026. The proposals on the table typically include some combination…
Climate change demands federal action, but states are acting first — and sometimes more ambitiously than Washington. California's vehicle emissions standards…
The SAVE plan paused payments and capped interest on many accounts, but for the roughly 40 million Americans still carrying balances, the fundamental problem…
The U.S. spends roughly $12,500 per person on healthcare annually — nearly double what peer nations spend — yet ranks last among comparable countries on…