Articles and analysis on today's issues
 
  As data centers see a surge in demand because of generative AI, Henrico County, Virginia, shows how local governments can turn the economic gains of this new industry into sustainable funding for affordable housing.
- Misleading data and visualizations The questions we ask when we examine data visualizations can be crucial to how we understand complicated issues.
- To increase employment among housing-assisted families, don’t pull the rug out from under them The administration’s budget for fiscal year 2019 proposes to permit work requirements and raise rents in federal public housing.
- A closer look at the fifteen-year drop in black homeownership Since 2001, the black homeownership rate has seen the most dramatic drop of any racial or ethnic group.
- Building the evidence base on targeted and universal preschool with public opinion Policymakers have been pushing for universal preschool based in part on their understanding of public opinion.
- Say African American or Black, but first acknowledge the persistence of structural racism Black History Month is an opportunity to confront racism and structural disadvantages faced by black people in the United States.
- Are we at a tipping point for tip wages? An administration proposal would allow employers to pool the tips their workers receive and distribute the money to others.
 
   
   
   
   
  