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America’s expanding proletariat
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America’s expanding proletariat

The feeling reflects the fact that concerns about affordability and social mobility now span a much broader spectrum of income and education brackets.

Will anyone ever be able to afford a home?
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Will anyone ever be able to afford a home?

Housing mania is gripping the United States and Canada – with millions finding that affordable homes are out of reach.

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Local know-how can unlock AI opportunity

As AI creates new opportunities, the people who understand a community best play an important role in determining how those opportunities take shape. Across the US, Microsoft is supporting AI literacy classes as part of a new program developed in collaboration with the Public Library Association, working through trusted local institutions to help people build practical AI skills. By pairing new technology with local knowledge, the initiative is helping communities explore how AI can support their needs and open new possibilities, while putting local leaders and organizations at the center of that work. Read the full story here.

Broken housing markets could shape US and Canadian elections
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Broken housing markets could shape US and Canadian elections

The United States and Canada share hundreds of billions in annual trade, a deep defense relationship, the world’s longest undefended land border, and an affordability crisis that threatens to upend political fortunes. At the heart of that problem is housing.