Data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could be a tipping point in the midterms ^28.2%

NPR - By Anusha Mathur, Sanidhya Sharma - 4/20/2026, 9:00 AM

Optimism Bias 16.6% - Anecdotal 8.2% - Appeal to Emotion 7.2%

Fifteen minutes after Susan Bourgeois was appointed to lead Louisiana Economic Development, the state agency responsible for strengthening business growth, she got her first data center pitch. "I was pulled aside in the lobby of the Hilton hotel by the CEO of Entergy Louisiana, who said, 'We have a project and need to talk,'" Bourgeois... more

Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation ^63.7%

NPR - By Ximena Bustillo, Anusha Mathur - 4/17/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 29.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 23.2% - Appeal to Emotion 17.6%

Growing backlog in immigration applications, NPR analysis shows An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass. Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation more

ICE's growing detention footprint, and the communities fighting back ^11.2%

NPR - By Eric Westervelt, Anusha Mathur, Brent Jones - 3/23/2026, 9:00 AM

The Trump administration's unprecedented expansion of migrant detention facilities is igniting fierce opposition in communities across the political and geographic spectrum, as the administration moves to scale up its detention footprint to fuel its campaign to arrest, detain and deport the largest number of immigrants in modern U.S.... more