Graham MacDonald

May 23, 2024 | urban.org | Graham MacDonald

Everyone I talk to these days is thinking about artificial intelligence (AI). My peers at research organizations, nonprofits, government agencies, and philanthropies are hungry to learn what others are doing to avoid reinventing the wheel. The Urban Institute’s own AI plan is to build on the shoulders of these peers, whom I’ve learned from extensively as I gathered information across sectors this past year.

Mar 6, 2024 | urban.org | Ajjit Narayanan |Alena Stern |Graham MacDonald |Amy Rogin |Allison Feldman |Ben Chartoff | +5 more

in the city Hover over the dots to see how demographic groups are over- and underrepresented in your data? No significant difference Notes: Demographic categories for Asian, Black, White, and all other races and ethnicities include Latinx and non-Latinx residents, unless noted otherwise. When using “children under 18” as a baseline, the “uninsured” category includes 18-year-olds (i.e., children under 19).

Oct 29, 2023 | cbc.ca | Graham MacDonald

TapestryThe musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice tells the story of Jesus's final days — from Judas' betrayal to the crucifixion. Today, the show has amassed a large cult following, but at the time of its debut, it was controversial.

Jul 20, 2023 | nature.com | Graham MacDonald

A framework for analysing connectivity in US food flow networks reveals locations that are vital leverage points for well-functioning domestic agri-food supply chains. Planning around these logistics hubs could help build resilience to various threats and disruptions facing food systems. Now writing in Nature Food, Karakoc et al.2 offer comprehensive insights on the vast ‘missing middle’ between producers and consumers in complex food supply chains.