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To use AI tools effectively, local leaders must optimize documents and information for AI, implement guardrails, and rely on human expertise to evaluate risks and benefits.
“Invisibility is an unnatural disaster”: Why funding the 2020 Census matters for Pacific Islanders The catchall category “AAPI” is popular among researchers and race equity advocates, but can conflate the identities and issues of two distinct groups.Using homes as ATMs, not homebuying fervor, was more to blame for the housing crisis The presence of risky products, not increased lending to riskier borrowers, was a bigger contributor to the 2008 housing crisis.What could Trump’s budget cuts mean for DC’s federal workers? President Trump’s proposed cuts to the federal workforce will have a disproportionate impact on DC's employment and residents.Gaps in housing services, funding, and data challenge American Indians and Alaska Natives in metropolitan areas On tribal lands, people are more aware of the housing-related services available to them.Turning Africa’s digital divide into digital dividends Many African countries lag behind their neighbors in internet access, limiting their access to a number of economic and social benefits.Massachusetts gave GE a “mega-deal” to move, but did it matter? To convince GE to relocate to Boston, state and local government collaborated to offer the company millions of dollars in incentives.
