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Business Insider highlights research by Jon Valant showing that Arizona's universal education savings accounts are primarily benefiting wealthy families.
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Valerie Wirtschafter spoke to the Washington Post about her latest study finding that Russian state media are ramping up on TikTok in both Spanish and English.
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Tony Pipa writes in the New York Times about what's necessary for rural communities to benefit from federal investments made in the IIJA, IRA, & CHIPs.
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What does the death of Iran’s President really mean? Suzanne Maloney writes in Politico about a transition already underway.
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