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Communities

Life After the Big Box

Hundreds of empty superstores litter the American landscape, and the documented reuse record shows what towns did with a hundred thousand square feet they never asked for.

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Work

The Four-Day Week, Tested in America

Pilots from the U.K. to U.S. local government documented stable output on fewer days, and the companies that kept it reveal the pattern behind the promises.

Analysis & Opinion

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Impact

The Retraining Pledges AI Left Behind

Tech companies promised to skill the workforces their tools would change, and the documented record shows what the billions bought and whom they reached.

Work

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Noncompetes Survived Their Federal Test

The FTC's 2024 ban died in a Texas courtroom, but the state-by-state revolt against noncompetes has quietly made them unenforceable for millions of workers.

Communities

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News Deserts Cost More Than the News

A third of American newspapers have closed since 2005, and the research documents what counties lose besides coverage: civic information, cheaper borrowing, and honest government.

Impact

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The Employers Who Hire the Record

Fair-chance hiring, screening convictions after the offer instead of before, has spread through state law and corporate practice, and the retention data is quietly compelling.

Society News

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Where You Grow Up Decides How Far You Get

Census-matched mobility data documents that a child's odds of climbing from the bottom quintile vary severalfold by county, and the research now names the neighborhood features that move them.

Business News

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Franchising's Hard Decade Gets Harder

Nearly eight hundred thousand franchise establishments employ millions, and the documented economics of ownership, fees, labor, and the joint-employer fight, define who profits.

Occupational Wage Explorer

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