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Sustaining Affordable Rents and Homeownership: Insights from Building Owners in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood

Sustaining Affordable Rents and Homeownership: Insights from Building Owners in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood

Multi-unit building owners from in and around Pilsen share with us what they need to maintain their buildings and keep rent affordable.

Oct 31, 2025

Vanessa Rangel, Sabiha Zainulbhai, Emma Fenstermaker, Meegan Dugan Adell, Yuliya Panfil

Low Earth Orbit Satellites: Policies to Promote Spectrum Sharing, Foster Competition, and Close Digital Divides

Report / In Depth

Low Earth Orbit Satellites: Policies to Promote Spectrum Sharing, Foster Competition, and Close Digital Divides

A report from the LEO Policy Working Group on three key issues for policymakers.

Oct 30, 2025

Michael Calabrese, Kristian Stout, Gerald Adams, Jessica Dine, Sarah Forland

GovSCH: An Open-Source Schema for Authoring Cybersecurity and AI Governance Documents

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GovSCH: An Open-Source Schema for Authoring Cybersecurity and AI Governance Documents

This schema bridges regulatory intent with engineering implementation, enabling cyber and AI governance to keep pace with innovation.

Oct 28, 2025

Ibrahim Waziri, Jr.

A Rare Power: How Mississippi’s Higher Education Governing Board Stymied a Remedy for Segregation

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A Rare Power: How Mississippi’s Higher Education Governing Board Stymied a Remedy for Segregation

What happens when equity remedies are delivered without structural reform? A look at a massive settlement at Mississippi Black colleges.

Oct 21, 2025

Adam Harris

The Rise of Youth Cybercrime: Social Trends and Interventions

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The Rise of Youth Cybercrime: Social Trends and Interventions

The actions that lead to cybercrime are increasingly insidious and commonplace, with devastating consequences for victims and perpetrators.

Oct 21, 2025

Zino Haro

Cosmetology Without Accountability: Failures of a Beauty School Accreditor

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Cosmetology Without Accountability: Failures of a Beauty School Accreditor

Accreditation is a system built to protect students and taxpayers, but NACCAS has turned it into a shield for failing beauty schools.

Oct 16, 2025

Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Antoinette Flores

Making AI Work for the Public: An ALT Perspective

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Making AI Work for the Public: An ALT Perspective

AI is shaping government by optimizing bureaucracy that residents distrust. Instead, we need a framework to deliver value and legitimacy.

Oct 15, 2025

Neil Kleiman, Eric Gordon, Mai-Ling Garcia

We Survived the Night

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We Survived the Night

Through myth and memory, Julian Brave NoiseCat journeys across homelands to reclaim Indigenous histories.

Oct 14, 2025

Julian Brave NoiseCat

Policy Agenda: Improving Child Care Access for Parenting Students

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Policy Agenda: Improving Child Care Access for Parenting Students

This policy agenda outlines federal and state strategies to support student parents and advance a more accessible child care system.

Oct 9, 2025

Richard Davis Jr., Stephanie Baker

Protecting Infant Health: Closing Early Intervention Service Gaps

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Protecting Infant Health: Closing Early Intervention Service Gaps

We should better connect automatically eligible babies to critical services for healthy development, especially as need only stands to grow.

Oct 9, 2025

Sarah Gilliland, Carrie Gillispie

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Sustaining Affordable Rents and Homeownership: Insights from Building Owners in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood

Low Earth Orbit Satellites: Policies to Promote Spectrum Sharing, Foster Competition, and Close Digital Divides

GovSCH: An Open-Source Schema for Authoring Cybersecurity and AI Governance Documents

A Rare Power: How Mississippi’s Higher Education Governing Board Stymied a Remedy for Segregation

The Rise of Youth Cybercrime: Social Trends and Interventions

Cosmetology Without Accountability: Failures of a Beauty School Accreditor

Making AI Work for the Public: An ALT Perspective

We Survived the Night

Policy Agenda: Improving Child Care Access for Parenting Students

Protecting Infant Health: Closing Early Intervention Service Gaps

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