Margaret Chen has spent thirty-two years teaching fourth grade in San Bernardino. She retired last June with a comfortable pension… Read more
Category: Policy
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… Read more
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…. Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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,… Read more
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… Read more
Gerrymandering and the Betrayal of the American Ideal
If the Founding Fathers were alive today and happened to glance at Texas’s latest congressional redistricting map, they wouldn’t just… Read more
The Most Serious Classroom in America
There’s something about a correctional facility that deflates the imagination. The buildings are concrete, the light is bad, and time… Read more
Let’s Stop Rewarding Visibility Over Value
Promotions are slowing down, even for top performers. The numbers show it. In early 2024, just 1.3 percent of white-collar… Read more