Most Americans don’t spend their mornings thinking about sovereign wealth funds. Yet this wonky Washington concept has suddenly entered our national conversation, thanks to recent government moves to […]
Policy
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The Quiet Crisis in America’s Waiting Rooms
I was having coffee last week with a friend who owns a small marketing firm in Orlando. He’s the kind of guy who talks about “disrupting industries” and […]
Policy
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Why Your Utility Bill is Funding the AI Boom
They don’t look like much from the highway. Vast anonymous boxes with no windows, buzzing quietly behind fences and guards. But make no mistake: these warehouses of computing […]
Education / Ethics
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The Intellectual Elegance of Damien Elmes
There’s something almost subversive about Anki. In a world where every app is designed to capture and monetize your attention, here’s one that actually wants to give your […]
Ethics / Healthcare
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Burnout, Boundaries, and the Battle to Balance Care and Career
There’s a woman I know who makes chicken pot pie every Tuesday. Last week, she forgot the chicken. Not because she’s losing her mind, but because her mind […]
Finance / Homelessness / Policy
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The House We All Live In
Every once in a while, a problem comes along that is so big, so intertwined with everything else, that we stop seeing it. Housing in America is like […]
Ethics / Policy / Rights and Equality
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The One Question That Helped a Small Business Stop Losing Good People
Jenna runs a 35-person coffee roastery in the foothills of North Carolina. It’s the kind of place where everyone knows each other’s schedule, where a sick day strains […]
Finance / Policy
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When Fewer Babies Meet Rising Prices. Rethinking Inflation in an Aging World
Most people think of inflation as a four-letter word in economic form. Prices go up, wages struggle to keep pace, and that weekly grocery bill becomes another gut […]
Rights and Equality / Technology
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AI maybe the new king but soon Quantum will be guarding the castle
Here’s the thing about breakthrough technologies: they don’t announce themselves with fanfare. They creep up on us, quietly building momentum until suddenly they’re everywhere. Take artificial intelligence. For […]
Education / Finance / Foreign Policy / Policy
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Unequal. Unjust. Unacceptable: A Global Dashboard of Redistribution and Inequality
What happens when we stop asking how much people make and start asking how fairly it gets shared? That question drives the new web-based dashboard “Who Shares the […]