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🗽 Building Smarter Citizens and a Stronger Democracy for America 250
America’s 250th birthday, classroom history, and the way we consume news are tightly linked.
Jul 9
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🚁 Helicopter Parenting and Creating Healthier Boundaries
Parents are grappling with how closely to guide their kids into college and how tightly to manage their digital lives, but recent data suggests most are…
Jul 2
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June 2026
🌵 How to Navigate America's Local News Deserts
Local news is being quietly rewired, with some communities keeping robust coverage while others are left with “ghost” outlets or nothing at all.
Jun 25
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🧩 Disconnected Young Men, Job Disruption, and the New Economy
We’re zooming in on a real-time convergence of technology, economics, and democracy, viewed through the lives of young men.
Jun 18
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🧠 Teaching Young Minds to Question Screens and Machines
Parents, teachers, and policymakers are all looking at the same screens and devices, yet often reaching very different conclusions about what it means…
Jun 11
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🚨 When Crime Data Improves, But Fear Does Not
We’re seeing one of the biggest gaps between headlines and reality about how Americans think about crime versus what the numbers actually show.
Jun 4
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May 2026
📡 Beyond the Hype on UFOs and Government Secrets
We’re exploring UFOs, government file dumps, and what careful evidence actually tells us about life beyond Earth.
May 28
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📱 Helping kids grow up in a wired world
Across courts, legislatures, and school districts, adults are finally moving from vague anxiety about kids and screens to specific rules, experiments…
May 21
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🦅 What the Data Says About America’s Next Chapter
Americans are living in a country that has transformed profoundly in 50 years, yet many feel more anxious than ever about where it is headed.
May 14
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🩺 Trusting Health Information Without Losing Your Skepticism
We explore how trust in health information is shifting and why it often feels harder to make confident choices even as data and expertise expand.
May 7
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April 2026
🐾 How dogs help you find steady ground in a noisy world
We’re at the intersection of mental health and media habits, asking how we can stay awake to the world without feeling crushed by it.
Apr 30
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🌍 The Environmental Cost of Tech Innovation and How We Can Fix It
We’re looking past the hype to see how artificial intelligence and broader tech innovation are actually affecting the planet, and where the smartest…
Apr 23
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