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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In this episode of Metro Blueprint, experts discuss ways to address the regional economic consequences of globalization. Mark Muro, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Gordon Hanson, the Wertheim Professor of Urban Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School, explain how place-based industrial policy can help struggling Heartland economies.

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