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It’s Time to Bet on Democrats in Red Districts, and Trust the Polls While We’re at It.Data

It’s Time to Bet on Democrats in Red Districts, and Trust the Polls While We’re at It.

Where could Democrats pick up seats this November? This is the question on everyone’s mind heading into the midterm elections, as the GOP seems to be on its heels trying to fight off a blue tsunami. W...
Less Options, More Problems: Rhode Island’s Physician ShortageData

Less Options, More Problems: Rhode Island’s Physician Shortage

As I settled into life in Rhode Island as a freshman, I began searching for a healthcare provider in the Ocean State—but no matter where I looked, I couldn’t find a primary care provider, let alone an...

Mind the Gap: Educational Inequality in Rhode Island Public Schools

Educational achievement—measured by subject proficiency assessments, college readiness, and other quantitative outcomes—is heavily influenced by a variety of socioeconomic and demographic factors. Rho...

Pieces and Panels

The cost of developing affordable housing and the navigation of restrictive zoning are slowing the construction of new homes. Across the board, housing costs have risen by an unprecedented 60 percent...

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A Latte in CommonData

A Latte in Common

Leaves burst into a dizzying array of colors, softly alighting on the ground with each new gust of wind. Rain rivulets stream down a foggy window pane as embers crackle in the enchanting glow of a fir...
In Tolls We TrustData

In Tolls We Trust

When New York City’s congestion pricing plan launched on January 5, 2025, the sky did not fall—but traffic did. After months of political struggle and years of public debate, the policy delivered what...
Grief as Resistance: The Mothers Who Exposed Colombia’s False PositivesData

Grief as Resistance: The Mothers Who Exposed Colombia’s False Positives

It was January 2008 when Luz Marina Bernal’s life changed forever. Her son, Fair Leonardo Bernal, a 24-year-old with cognitive disabilities, left their home in Soacha, Colombia, in search of work. He...
No Place Like HomeData

No Place Like Home

Rates of homelessness in America have been increasing since 2016, reaching record highs in 2024. Despite declining unemployment rates post-pandemic, it has become increasingly difficult for Americans...
On The Right Track: What the Data Reveals About Phil Eng’s Tenure Thus Far as General Manager of the MBTAData

On The Right Track: What the Data Reveals About Phil Eng’s Tenure Thus Far as General Manager of the MBTA

In 2022, the federal government investigated the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the agency in charge of both Boston’s metro system and its regional rail network. The results were d...
Red Lines in Blue WatersData

Red Lines in Blue Waters

Through visualizing the Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) conducted by the United States worldwide, we can analyze the role of these operations beyond showing strength against US adversaries.
The Right Way to Think About Right-to-WorkData

The Right Way to Think About Right-to-Work

As more states continue to enact—and repeal—RTW laws, it is clear that the discussion around RTW legislation is not going anywhere. In these conversations, the dual effects of RTW cannot be ignored. T...
The Scramble for IndiaData

The Scramble for India

Using trade data of India’s imports and exports from 2005 to 2023, Morgan analyzes the dynamics of Sino-American economic competition, as well as how Indo-American and Indo-Chinese relations have chan...

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Who Owns My Data? An Analysis of Healthcare Data Breach Trends Since COVID-19Data

Who Owns My Data? An Analysis of Healthcare Data Breach Trends Since COVID-19

Background In February 2023, Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental, a leading dental care and oral health insurance provider for government-sponsored programs like Medicaid and the Children’s He...
What Campaign Finance Data Tells Us About the Republican Presidential PrimaryData

What Campaign Finance Data Tells Us About the Republican Presidential Primary

With the first contest of the Republican presidential primaries under a week away, former President Donald Trump has a large lead over his competitors. Polls show him nearly 50 percent ahead of his cl...
You Are What You Eat: How Free Trade Shapes Obesity RatesData

You Are What You Eat: How Free Trade Shapes Obesity Rates

There is nothing more American than our diet. The American diet is notorious for its high intake of fats, sugars, and carbohydrates—and rightfully so. The average American consumes 77 grams of sugar a...
Internet Access: GDP, Gender, and Glaring InequalityData

Internet Access: GDP, Gender, and Glaring Inequality

If you’re ever looking for proof that technology is accelerating exponentially, consider this: In 2000, only 5 percent of the world’s population used the internet. 5 percent. Your odds of using the in...
Hyding in Plain SightData

Hyding in Plain Sight

How the Hyde Amendment quietly undermines reproductive freedom and what states can do to fix it
Contractual ConsentData

Contractual Consent

China’s lack of recognition for marital rape betrays its historical and continued disregard for women’s rights
Impacting Climate Policy: The Pandemic, Polarization, and YouData

Impacting Climate Policy: The Pandemic, Polarization, and You

You’re wearing your pajamas and fuzzy slippers while sitting in your bedroom. You’re also on an important Zoom call and it’s 2 pm in the afternoon.  While this scenario seems perfectly normal now, bef...
An Inhuman InterviewData

An Inhuman Interview

Recently, OpenAI, an AI research company, released ChatGPT, the latest in its series of text-based AI models. It was an unexpected release, just before its highly anticipated GPT-4 model drops sometim...
ATHLETICIDE: A Data-Driven Analysis of the Link Between International Sporting Events and Human Rights ViolationsData

ATHLETICIDE: A Data-Driven Analysis of the Link Between International Sporting Events and Human Rights Violations

Mohammed Suman Miah moved to Qatar in 2016, allured by stories of great Qatari wealth and prosperity. The Bangladeshi construction worker borrowed $7,000 to pay for his work visa and eventually found...
Beyond The Numbers: What GDP Can’t Tell You About HappinessData

Beyond The Numbers: What GDP Can’t Tell You About Happiness

A new understanding of prosperity has led many to look beyond income to measure well-being. Particularly, citizens’ ability to trust their government exerts important control over the population’s ove...