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A High School Student Explains How Educators Can Adapt to AI
We need more live student assessment, more emphasis on critical thinking—and less homework, William Liang writes

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Our Real-World Impact In 2024
The Markup’s reporting led to federal lawsuits, local government reforms, and much more

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How AI Detection Software Turns Professors into Cops, Tech as Systems of World-Making, and More
A conversation with agroecologist Maywa Montenegro

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How I’m Trying to Use Generative AI as a Journalism Engineer — Ethically
Is it possible?

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Rejecting Dogmas Around AI, User Privacy, and Tech Policy
A conversation with AI scientist Jonathan Frankle

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Using Illustration To Help Investigations Stay Grounded and Approachable
Taking inspiration from The Simpsons and Chevron commercials, we created an illustrated explainer to ground our storytelling

ID Scanners Can Change How Your Local Bar Treats You—and Whether It Lets You In
Patronscan can help bar owners decide you are too risky for admission

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Car Insurance, Cats, and Racial Discrimination
Car insurers in Michigan are not allowed to use race when setting premiums, but Black drivers are still being penalized

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Our Blended Newsroom's Summer Reading List
Chip away at your TBR pile with these recs

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How California’s ‘once in a century’ broadband investment plan could go wrong
A nearly $2 billion initiative to remedy the digital divide is designed to fail, advocates say
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