Research

4 articles

Building Our Research System: Putting It All Together

How CLAUDE.md, skills, hooks, and MCP servers combine into a personal research system that becomes more valuable over time. Part 5 of the Advanced Tier series.

Dec 2025 · Methodology

Measuring Crime Where People Actually Live

Swapping county averages for neighborhood-level data reveals a 22-fold range in crime rates that the coarser geography completely hides.

Dec 2025 · Methodology

The Unfunded Mandate: Federal Promises, Local Budgets

When Congress passed IDEA, they promised to fund 40% of special education costs. They've never come close. The actual number hovers around 15%.

Dec 2025 · Education Policy

Data Quality: From 49% to 12% Mobility Deserts

We found 49% of California census tracts were mobility deserts. After getting complete transit data, the corrected figure is 12%.

Nov 2025 · Transit Equity