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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.
Prisons Are Traumatizing, but It Is Possible to Reduce Some of Their Harm Prisons can take actions to treat incarcerated women with humanity, develop a more trauma-informed culture, and reduce some of incarceration’s harms.There’s Been a Concerning Lack of Progress for Communities of Color During the COVID-19 Crisis Four indicators show the stark inequities of the COVID-19 recession.Biden’s Social Security Plan Would Not Increase Taxes for Middle-Class Workers It would hit fewer than 1 percent of earners initially and would never affect more than the top 6 percent of earners.Why We Should Be Talking about Mental Health among Latinx Communities Although Latinx and white populations show similar rates of any mental illness, there are disparities when it comes to treatment.Local Newspapers and Other Small Businesses Are Still Struggling. What Can Policymakers Do? Many businesses overlooked or excluded from PPP funds, such as local newspapers, still need assistance to weather their pandemic-related shortfalls.