by Miho Cuffee | Oct 30, 2025 | Insight
Chattanooga, Tennessee, has built a reputation as one of America’s most forward-looking mid-sized cities. The city reinvented itself in the last decade by becoming “Gig City,” the first U.S. municipality to deploy citywide gigabit broadband. That bold investment in...
by Miho Cuffee | Oct 24, 2025 | Insight
A growing yet often overlooked problem is quietly emerging within the U.S. housing market — the issue of “heirs’ property”. The term refers to land and homes passed down without formal wills, often resulting in complex ownership and vulnerability to land loss....
by Miho Cuffee | Oct 7, 2025 | Insight
America’s trucking industry, responsible for moving over 70% of U.S. freight, faces a persistent problem: a severe shortage of legal, safe truck parking. Drivers waste nearly an hour daily searching for spaces, impacting efficiency, safety, and supply chains. In...
by Miho Cuffee | Sep 26, 2025 | Insight
Amid surging rents, rising construction costs, and entrenched zoning barriers, the U.S. continues to grapple with a worsening affordable housing shortage. Policymakers and advocates are increasingly exploring prefabricated housing, zoning reform, and financial...
by Miho Cuffee | Sep 24, 2025 | Insight
In recent years, research mobility has undergone a profound transformation. Once considered the premier destination for global scientific talent, the United States is now facing turbulence in its academic and research landscape. Significant federal funding cuts,...
by Miho Cuffee | Sep 4, 2025 | Insight
Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere powering electric cars, smartphones, laptops, and even renewable energy grids. They are essential to the clean energy transition, storing power from wind and solar and making it available on demand. Yet their very success has...
