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 […]
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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 […]
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GPT Ate My Homework
The man sits in his kitchen at 2:47 p.m. on a Tuesday in late August, laptop open, coffee cold, staring at a cursor that blinks with the persistence […]
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Naming the Pain: Narrative Labor, Language Mummification, and the Hidden Costs of Writing with AI
Large language models such as ChatGPT and Claude offer powerful capabilities, but long-form creative work remains a persistent failure point. Projects that begin with clarity and style often […]
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What We Get Wrong About Doing Good, Part 1
Not long ago, I sat down with the director of a small nonprofit working on food insecurity in a mid-sized city. The organization was lean, focused, and well-respected […]
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Who Is Robert Garcia and Why You Want to Know
He was five years old the first time he understood that possibility and uncertainty can arrive together. The air in Long Beach smelled of salt and sunlight as […]
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The American Dream Is Collapsing Under Student Debt
Last year, I wrote about the mounting risks of student loan delinquency. It was bad then. It is worse now. The American promise was simple: work hard, get […]
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The Bridge We’re Building
They say when the economy contracts, it takes a while for the layoffs to reach the surface. But in Indiana, they’ve arrived. Ivy Tech, our statewide community college […]
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Art’s Journey to Wisdom Travels the Path of a Public Good
Modern economies reward efficiency, not reflection. Our institutions—schools, platforms, governments—are calibrated to deliver outcomes, track progress, and benchmark success. In this landscape, the arts are often treated as […]
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How Measles Came Back to America
It began with a cough. Then a fever. By the time the red rash appeared on Ian Rojas’s neck, the pediatric unit at Dallas Methodist had already started […]