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Ellen McGirt
Pope Leo XIV weighed in on the AI conversation
And we asked the design community to respond
Ellen McGirt
If the joy of achievement is fleeting, what sticks? Debbie Millman shares insights in her latest TED Talk.
Ellen McGirt
The line, now drawn
I spent last week watching redistricting in action In his recent oral arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts described Louisiana’s newly defunct 6th Congressional District as a snake, a caustic nod to the way it wound across the state, …
Rachel Paese
“The world needs what you’re making,” and the deadline is May 29.
Ellen McGirt
The Supreme Court has gutted the Voting Rights Act
Ellen McGirt
New technology always forges a new creative path
Some of it revolutionary, some of it mundane.
