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How Second Chance Month Went From Proclamation to Policy

Second Chance Month began as an April designation. Here's what it has actually produced in law, hiring policy, and record clearing across the U.S.

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Elon Musk's $40 Trillion AI Debt 'Cure' Faces Reality Check In Brutal Brookings Report

Elon Musk insists AI will rescue the US from its £31tn debt burden, but experts at the Brookings Institution warn that technology alone cannot bridge the fiscal gap.

International Business Times UK

AI could wipe $2.2 trillion off the national debt, but there's a catch

A new Brookings/Fed paper finds AI productivity could meaningfully shrink the U.S. deficit — until you count the side effects, which could erase more than half the savings before Washington even cashes the check.

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Elon Musk says AI is the only way to solve the U.S. debt crisis—but the tech will be so successful that Treasury ends up paying, finds new study

AI has the potential to be so transformative that it “should give optimists pause,” the study notes.

Fortune

A Brookings paper just accidentally explained Zohran Mamdani

The headline finding was almost an afterthought: 62 of the 100 most AI-exposed counties in the United States voted Democratic in 2024.

Fortune

New York City House primary emerges as key battleground in ‘AI civil war’

AI-focused Super Pacs are spending heavily in the midterms, and half has gone to a single Manhattan congressional race

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Immigration Arrests Are Fuelling a Mental Health Crisis for Hundreds of Thousands of US Citizen Children

Immigration arrests under the Trump administration have separated 145,000 US citizen children from parents, causing significant psychological harm. Experts highlight developmental regression and chronic stress symptoms in affected children.

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ICE Surges Destroyed 668,000 US Jobs, Research Group Finds

A Brookings Institution study reveals that intensified ICE operations under Trump's administration have resulted in 668,000 job losses across 86 US metropolitan areas, affecting both immigrants and US-born workers.

International Business Times UK

I kept hearing that AI data centers are draining towns dry — so I looked at the evidence

I kept hearing that AI data centers are draining towns dry, so I investigated the evidence. Here's what I found about water use, electricity demand and the real environmental impact of AI.

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Were Immigrants Really Stealing the Jobs of U.S. Citizens?

For years, the political promise was blunt enough to fit on a rally sign: deport undocumented immigrants, free up jobs for Americans, raise wages, and restore economic order. It was a powerful message because it sounded intuitive.

Latin Times

The number of MAGA Republicans has skyrocketed. It might cost the party future elections, group says

‘A clear majority of his party wants him in charge, but the tighter his grip becomes, the farther he drifts from the rest of the country’

The Independent UK

Trump promised deportations would protect American jobs. Brookings said ICE raids have cost the economy over 668,000 of them

A recent study from Brookings found that ICE arrests shocked local economies and drove unemployment.

Fortune

AI anxiety is mostly a blue state problem. Democrats have 5 months to figure out how to use that to their advantage

AI-exposed workers are concentrated in Democratic strongholds and swing states. That's either the party's biggest opening in the midterms—or its biggest vulnerability.

Fortune

Stephen Miller delivers for Trump: 145,000 US kids separated from their parents

A thinktank investigation shows how immigration detention has torn apart families, and experts point to trauma

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Nearly 150,000 U.S. Citizen Children Have Likely Seen a Parent Detained Since Trump Returned to Office

The report identified children linked to Mexican parents as the largest affected group, accounting for nearly 54% of cases

International Business Times UK

Over 145,000 US Children Were Reportedly Separated From Parents During Trump's ICE Crackdown

A Brookings report highlights the emotional toll on over 145,000 US citizen children due to Trump's immigration enforcement, sparking debate on the human cost of deportation.

The Guardian - US

Over 145,000 US children separated from parents since Trump’s ICE surge, study estimates

About 36% of children whose parents were detained were younger than six, Brookings Institution study found

Axios

GOP faces gas pump problem at the polls

Many Republican House members could be especially threatened, a new Brookings analysis finds.

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The first AI-era war is a "slopaganda" battle to control memes

AI tools have made it faster and cheaper to generate propaganda, and now it's all over social media.

Fortune

We’re at risk of a two-tier AI economy if we don’t bridge the AI gender gap, expert says

Women are more skeptical of AI. Their hesitation will make AI safer, says Harvard researcher Mara Bolis.

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Here’s What Trump’s Executive Order on Single Family Home Sales Really Means for the Middle Class

Breaks down how a new executive order on single-family home sales could affect middle-class homebuyers, housing affordability and the real estate market.

Fortune

More than half of teens are using AI for schoolwork—and many parents don’t know it

More than half of teens are using AI to complete their homework, from explaining a mathematical equation to summarizing entire novels. Some parents say it’s okay, but others are in the dark.

Fortune

‘Students can’t reason’: Teachers warn AI is fueling a crisis in kids’ ability to think

The findings come from a major, yearlong “premortem” conducted by the Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education.

Fortune

Teachers decry AI as brain-rotting junk food for kids: 'Students can't reason. They can't think. They can't solve problems’

The findings come from a major, yearlong “premortem” conducted by the Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education.

The Guardian - US

Trump has assembled least diverse US government this century, study shows

President has chosen white men for key posts at expense of women and people of colour, Brookings Institution finds

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