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The U.S. National Debt Pros and Cons

Posted on: January 31, 2024February 2, 2024

The United States has had a history of running annual deficits, spending more than the Treasury Department collects in taxes. This practice has been a norm since the […]

Climate / Finance / Policy / Rights and Equality

The Intrinsic Way Forward: Healing the Rifts of Culture Wars

Posted on: January 30, 2024January 29, 2024

The culture wars have been weaponized, turning societal debates into battlegrounds of ideological supremacy. This tactic, while not new, has reached unprecedented levels of intensity, threatening the very […]

Media / Rights and Equality

Gender Dynamics and Progressive Outreach in the GOP

Posted on: January 29, 2024

The political landscape is often painted in broad strokes of red and blue, the finer details of party composition reveal a tapestry of opportunity and challenge. The Pew […]

Policy / Technology

The Geopolitical perspective of Open Source AI.

Posted on: January 28, 2024January 28, 2024

It has been everywhere for longer than we realized and now the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), the dialogue between open source and proprietary models has become globally […]

Finance / Healthcare / Homelessness / Policy

The Housing Affordability Divide has never been wider for our Minority Communities

Posted on: January 27, 2024January 27, 2024

The escalating US housing affordability crisis has grown even more disproportionately. Minority communities face relatively higher barriers to homeownership and financial stability. Drawing insights from a range of […]

Education / Technology

Software I love: Colab

Posted on: January 26, 2024January 26, 2024

Google Colab, a cloud-based service built around Jupyter Notebook technology, has emerged as a vital tool for data analysts and developers. It’s akin to an interactive laboratory notebook […]

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Notes from John

Posted on: January 25, 2024January 25, 2024

Writing is about a blank piece of paper and leaving out what’s not supposed to be there. -John Prine

Healthcare / Policy / Rights and Equality

How Kyte Baby’s Policy Reversal Sparks Wider Parental Leave Conversations

Posted on: January 24, 2024January 23, 2024

Kyte Baby, an infant sleepwear company, recently became the center of a significant public controversy regarding its parental leave policy. The issue came to light when an employee, […]

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The Indiana Medicaid Cuts and Our Moral Duty

Posted on: January 23, 2024January 23, 2024

At the Indiana Statehouse on January 22, 2024, citizens gathered to protest against proposed changes to Medicaid. These changes include ending payments to legally responsible individuals, such as […]

Finance / Policy

The Economic Narrative of U.S. National Debt and Infrastructure Investment: Insights from the Interstate Highway System

Posted on: January 22, 2024January 22, 2024

American economic history being what it is, few topics stir as much debate as the national debt and its role in funding large-scale infrastructure projects. The Interstate Highway […]

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