Electric Rates
ENERGY PRICES · COST OF LIVING · GRID
October 29, 2025
Recent analysis challenges the
assumption that data centers drive
rising electric rates. While…
Dominion
VOTING RIGHTS · WHITE HOUSE · LAW AND COURTS
October 22, 2025
Voting Systems was acquired by
Liberty Vote, consolidating control
over voter check-in and ballot…
Rare Earth, Rare Leverage
TRADE · MARKETS · WHITE HOUSE
October 21, 2025
China’s new export licensing
requirements for products containing
trace amounts of its rare earth…
Update — October 18, 2025
POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS · VOTING RIGHTS
October 18, 2025
Federal authorities have intensified
actions against dissent, including
warrantless arrests and
surveillance, often targeting…
The Literate Machine
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · PLATFORMS · MENTAL HEALTH
October 14, 2025
Literacy today involves managing
abundant digital information amid
competing distractions, notably from
phones in classrooms, which can.
The Silence Machine
IMMIGRATION · LAW AND COURTS · PLATFORMS
October 8, 2025
Google and Apple removed apps like
ICEBlock and Red Dot, designed to
alert undocumented families about…
Live Free or Blackout
ENERGY · GRID · CLIMATE POLICY
October 6, 2025
New Hampshire’s House Bill 672
proposes exempting off-grid power
providers from traditional utility…
Before the Tumor
MEDICINE · HOSPITALS · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
October 2, 2025
The infusion chairs at UMass
Memorial face a wall of windows, and
in late afternoon the light turns
the IV bags the color of iced tea. A…
Jobs, Power, No Light
DATA CENTERS · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT
September 22, 2025
Construction of Microsoft’s new AI
data center in Racine County
promises jobs and investment but…