As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly involved in decisions about employment, housing, healthcare, and online content, it risks reproducing inequalities already embedded in society. Artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly shapes decisions about who gets hired, who qualifies for housing, and who has access to medical care. AI can appear more objective than human decision-making because it relies on data. However, the outcome of using this data is not necessarily ob

Comprehensive Map of the United States Every ten years, the US census counts the country’s population for congressional apportionment, as required by Article I and the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. What happens when the government starts changing who counts? The Trump administration recently announced a new proposal, calling for the exclusion of noncitizens without lawful permanent resident status from the count used to apportion House seats. The argument here re

The Trump Administration’s renewed focus on financial isolationism is strangling some of the world’s most important international aid offices. Emerging as a global superpower in the post-war era, the United States has long sought to secure its influence in international affairs. Working directly to secure the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York City and a permanent seat on the Security Council, the American government has largely treated the UN as a means of extendin

Traffic moves through the Bowery in Lower Manhattan, within the zone covered by New York City’s Central Business District congestion pricing program. When New York City’s first-ever urban congestion pricing program—the Central Business District Tolling Program— received final federal approval in June 2023, it ignited fierce political hostility. Yet the program now delivers many of the benefits its designers promised, shifting the debate from whether congestion pricing works

A photo of the Constitution of the United States of America. At the University of Dayton, Justice Antonin Scalia remarked that “the paramount truth of democracy is process.” The judiciary comprises an essential part of this process. However, non-originalist methods are fundamentally tainted by personal preferences, failing to uphold an objective process. Living constitutionalism posits that the meaning of the Constitution evolves based on social norms. How does an unelected

Confirmation following ticket purchase for the Noah Kahan: The Great Divide Tour. It is no secret that concert tickets have become increasingly hard to secure. While traveling over February break, I listened to Noah Kahan in the airport after trying, and failing, to get tickets to see him live at Citifield in July. With the busy Presidents Day weekend travel trends, I wondered why my seat on the plane was any different from those seats in the stands. Airlines don’t allow fly