In this episode of Metro Blueprint, Xavier de Souza Briggs, senior fellow at Brookings Metro, Melanie Allen, founding co-director of the Hive Fund, and Robert "R.J." McGrail, director of the Accelerating Community Investment initiative at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, discuss how federal policy affects our energy future and what it will take to bring affordable and resilient energy to everyone.

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In this episode of Metro Blueprint, experts explain the importance of including workers' voices in conversations that shape how AI is used and regulated. Molly Kinder, senior fellow at Brookings Metro, and Christy Hoffman, general secretary of the UNI Global Union, discuss how unions can protect workers from displacement as a result of companies using generative AI.

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In this episode of Metro Blueprint, experts examine the challenges Indian Country is facing due to the disruption in federal funding. Robert Maxim, fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Allison Neswood, senior staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund, discuss what these cuts mean to Native communities—and why non-Native audiences should pay attention.

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