It’s for everyone: Kennedy Center must stay
In 2022, I saw the decorated Americana singer John Doe at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. The show was free, part of the Millennium Stage series that allows smaller acts to claim space at…
The future of software engineering: AI doesn't need to be a job killer
I’m 14 years old, and I’ve already built a trading bot, a stock sentiment scanner, and a news aggregator. I didn’t go to a coding bootcamp. I don’t have a computer science degree. I used…
HOA barriers are built in for people with disabilities
Last week marked the 39th anniversary of the closure of Willowbrook State School in New York, a severely overcrowded and unhealthy living environment that impacted thousands of people with developmental disabilities. Yet in the decades…
Suicidal black males must see life beyond their circumstances
A recent CDC study shows that young black males between the ages of 16 and 29 are dying by suicide at higher rates than their white peers for the first time on record. This revelation…
Emergency, emergency: keep Americans out of the ER
Behind the tense dialogue between actors in the foreground of the season three trailer for the HBO Max award-winning series, “The Pitt,” patients on gurneys line the hallway. Scenes of overcrowded, hot, uncomfortable emergency department waiting areas…
Workers voted for a voice — not another Washington mandate
Washington has a funny way of defining “worker empowerment.” Too often, it means giving somebody in Washington more power. That is the concern I have with the Faster Labor Contracts Act, H.R. 5408, which passed…
Dance was never meant to be a contest
I grew up dancing in the era of the dance competition: the scratchy rhinestone costumes, the 6am call times, the changing rooms in halls of low-end hotels, the judges’ harsh corrections doled out like candy….
President Donald J. Trump should make FDA keep vaping vow
A key part of President Donald Trump’s electoral coalition is the MAHA, or Make America Healthy Again, movement. As Americans have known since the 1960s, an important way to improve health and expand your lifespan…
Six rules that can protect society from the harms of AI
The most important question about an AI agent is becoming less technical and more institutional: what is this system allowed to do? That question is moving quickly from theory to operations. The National Institute of…