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As lawmakers develop legal frameworks for AI, they need a clearer understanding of how AI preemption—federal and state law overriding lower level AI rules—affects public interest and community well-being.
How creative placemaking can break down barriers to improve community safety Creative placemaking can promote entrepreneurship while increasing interactions that help build safe communities.Making a difference for 50 years In honor of Urban Institute's 50th anniversary, a forward-looking initiative will ask and answer critical questions facing our nation.Three ways technology can help nontraditional students succeed in online coursework In 2016, 31.6 percent of higher education students took at least one distance education course.The “rent gap” still makes it cheaper to own than rent in these 17 cities In 17 of America's 33 largest metropolitan areas, owning a home is cheaper than renting.After 50 years of progress and protest, America is still a land of unequal opportunity Fifty years ago, the Kerner Commission said we were “moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.”