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requires a named mechanism, jurisdiction, population, timeframe, source fit, counterevidence, fairness review and original reporting."},"k5:institutional-protection-justice-survivor-remedy__property-finance-entrepreneurship-market-access__childcare-eldercare-leave-household-decision-making__data-ai-mobility-gender-responsive-services__workplace-leadership-bargaining-governance-accountability":{"rank":105,"candidateId":"k5:institutional-protection-justice-survivor-remedy__property-finance-entrepreneurship-market-access__childcare-eldercare-leave-household-decision-making__data-ai-mobility-gender-responsive-services__workplace-leadership-bargaining-governance-accountability","candidateTheme":"The Unequal Terms of Safety and Work: Institutional Protection, Justice, Survivor Remedy & Redress × Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access × Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making × Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services × Workplace Leadership, Bargaining, Governance & Accountability","reportingThesis":"Trace the records, decision-makers, money and enforcement gaps that connect Institutional Protection, Justice, Survivor Remedy & Redress, Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access, Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making, Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services and Workplace Leadership, Bargaining, Governance & Accountability; identify who holds authority, who absorbs the risk, what evidence is missing, and what remedy is possible.","macroTheme":"Gender & LGBTQ+ equality","bestFitLane":"Investigative Reporting","secondaryLane":"Beat Reporting","storyScope":"National or multi-local","k":5,"closeness":0.5773292666673661,"intersectionality":0.37526402333378794,"selectionScore":84.16,"issueTitles":["Institutional Protection, Justice, Survivor Remedy & Redress","Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access","Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making","Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services","Workplace Leadership, Bargaining, Governance & Accountability"],"categoryMix":"Structural & Systemic Gender Inequality","recordsDataPlan":"Health, employment, education, housing and safety data; court and agency records; workplace policies; service-access records; interviews across demographic and geographic variation","potentialPublicImpact":"equal access, safety, autonomy, workplace reform, family recognition or institutional accountability","whyItRanks":"Human stakes 95/100; accountability 97/100; reportability 89/100; breadth-adjusted intersectionality 37.5%.","limitations":"Metadata-derived candidate only; requires a named mechanism, jurisdiction, population, timeframe, source fit, counterevidence, fairness review and original reporting."},"k2:biomedical-research-rare-disease-and-therapeutic-access__science-research-infrastructure-and-open-knowledge":{"rank":106,"candidateId":"k2:biomedical-research-rare-disease-and-therapeutic-access__science-research-infrastructure-and-open-knowledge","candidateTheme":"Who Gets Treated, Who Gets Left Behind: Biomedical Research, Rare Disease & Therapeutic Access × Science, Research Infrastructure & Open Knowledge","reportingThesis":"Show how institutional choices across Biomedical Research, Rare Disease & Therapeutic Access and Science, Research Infrastructure & Open Knowledge; identify who holds authority, who absorbs the risk, what evidence is missing, and what remedy is possible.","macroTheme":"Health, care & basic needs","bestFitLane":"Public Service","secondaryLane":"Feature Writing","storyScope":"National or multi-local","k":2,"closeness":0.15743966400623322,"intersectionality":0.15743966400623322,"selectionScore":84.1,"issueTitles":["Biomedical Research, Rare Disease & Therapeutic Access","Science, Research Infrastructure & Open Knowledge"],"categoryMix":"Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure | Education, Science & Knowledge","recordsDataPlan":"Hospital and insurance data; mortality and utilization records; licensing and complaint files; benefit-administration data; provider networks; patient and caregiver interviews","potentialPublicImpact":"improved access, benefit delivery, safety, affordability, provider accountability or care infrastructure","whyItRanks":"Human stakes 94/100; accountability 81/100; reportability 98/100; breadth-adjusted intersectionality 15.7%.","limitations":"Metadata-derived candidate only; requires a named mechanism, jurisdiction, population, timeframe, source fit, counterevidence, fairness review and original reporting."},"k3:indigenous-sovereignty__pathways-status__caste-colorism-phenotype-language-national-origin-hierarchy":{"rank":107,"candidateId":"k3:indigenous-sovereignty__pathways-status__caste-colorism-phenotype-language-national-origin-hierarchy","candidateTheme":"Citizenship, Suspicion and the Right to Belong: Indigenous Sovereignty & Public Systems × Pathways, Status & Regularization × Caste, Colorism, Phenotype, Language & National-Origin Hierarchy","reportingThesis":"Show how institutional choices across Indigenous Sovereignty & Public Systems, Pathways, Status & Regularization and Caste, Colorism, Phenotype, Language & National-Origin Hierarchy; identify who holds authority, who absorbs the risk, what evidence is missing, and what remedy is possible.","macroTheme":"Migration, diaspora & belonging","bestFitLane":"Public Service","secondaryLane":"Investigative Reporting","storyScope":"National or multi-local","k":3,"closeness":0.18037778039773306,"intersectionality":0.18037778039773306,"selectionScore":84.01,"issueTitles":["Indigenous Sovereignty & Public Systems","Pathways, Status & Regularization","Caste, Colorism, Phenotype, Language & National-Origin Hierarchy"],"categoryMix":"Immigration, Refuge & Displacement | Racial Minority Issues | Structural & Systemic Racism","recordsDataPlan":"Immigration and asylum dockets; detention and consular records; visa and citizenship data; remittance flows; service records; diaspora and mixed-status-family interviews","potentialPublicImpact":"due-process reform, family unity, anti-scapegoating protections, safer mobility or improved service access","whyItRanks":"Human stakes 92/100; accountability 94/100; reportability 90/100; breadth-adjusted intersectionality 18.0%.","limitations":"Metadata-derived candidate only; requires a named mechanism, jurisdiction, population, timeframe, source fit, counterevidence, fairness review and original reporting."},"k4:institutional-protection-justice-survivor-remedy__property-finance-entrepreneurship-market-access__childcare-eldercare-leave-household-decision-making__data-ai-mobility-gender-responsive-services":{"rank":108,"candidateId":"k4:institutional-protection-justice-survivor-remedy__property-finance-entrepreneurship-market-access__childcare-eldercare-leave-household-decision-making__data-ai-mobility-gender-responsive-services","candidateTheme":"The Gendered Cost of Policy: Institutional Protection, Justice, Survivor Remedy & Redress × Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access × Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making × Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services","reportingThesis":"Trace the records, decision-makers, money and enforcement gaps that connect Institutional Protection, Justice, Survivor Remedy & Redress, Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access, Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making and Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services; identify who holds authority, who absorbs the risk, what evidence is missing, and what remedy is possible.","macroTheme":"Gender & LGBTQ+ equality","bestFitLane":"Investigative Reporting","secondaryLane":"Public Service","storyScope":"National or multi-local","k":4,"closeness":0.5757683177789052,"intersectionality":0.3742494065562884,"selectionScore":83.99,"issueTitles":["Institutional Protection, Justice, Survivor Remedy & Redress","Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access","Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making","Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services"],"categoryMix":"Structural & Systemic Gender Inequality","recordsDataPlan":"Health, employment, education, housing and safety data; court and agency records; workplace policies; service-access records; interviews across demographic and geographic variation","potentialPublicImpact":"equal access, safety, autonomy, workplace reform, family recognition or institutional accountability","whyItRanks":"Human stakes 95/100; accountability 96/100; reportability 90/100; breadth-adjusted intersectionality 37.4%.","limitations":"Metadata-derived candidate only; requires a named mechanism, jurisdiction, population, timeframe, source fit, counterevidence, fairness review and original reporting."},"k5:institutional-protection-justice-survivor-remedy__property-finance-entrepreneurship-market-access__childcare-eldercare-leave-household-decision-making__education-skills-stem-digital-access__data-ai-mobility-gender-responsive-services":{"rank":109,"candidateId":"k5:institutional-protection-justice-survivor-remedy__property-finance-entrepreneurship-market-access__childcare-eldercare-leave-household-decision-making__education-skills-stem-digital-access__data-ai-mobility-gender-responsive-services","candidateTheme":"The Unequal Terms of Safety and Work: Institutional Protection, Justice, Survivor Remedy & Redress × Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access × Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making × Education, Skills, STEM & Digital Access × Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services","reportingThesis":"Trace the records, decision-makers, money and enforcement gaps that connect Institutional Protection, Justice, Survivor Remedy & Redress, Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access, Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making, Education, Skills, STEM & Digital Access and Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services; identify who holds authority, who absorbs the risk, what evidence is missing, and what remedy is possible.","macroTheme":"Gender & LGBTQ+ equality","bestFitLane":"Investigative Reporting","secondaryLane":"Beat Reporting","storyScope":"National or multi-local","k":5,"closeness":0.5760055214166641,"intersectionality":0.37440358892083164,"selectionScore":83.98,"issueTitles":["Institutional Protection, Justice, Survivor Remedy & Redress","Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access","Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making","Education, Skills, STEM & Digital Access","Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services"],"categoryMix":"Structural & Systemic Gender Inequality","recordsDataPlan":"Health, employment, education, housing and safety data; court and agency records; workplace policies; service-access records; interviews across demographic and geographic variation","potentialPublicImpact":"equal access, safety, autonomy, workplace reform, family recognition or institutional accountability","whyItRanks":"Human stakes 95/100; accountability 96/100; reportability 90/100; breadth-adjusted intersectionality 37.4%.","limitations":"Metadata-derived candidate only; requires a named mechanism, jurisdiction, population, timeframe, source fit, counterevidence, fairness review and original reporting."},"k3:racial-health-equity__pathways-status__caste-colorism-phenotype-language-national-origin-hierarchy":{"rank":110,"candidateId":"k3:racial-health-equity__pathways-status__caste-colorism-phenotype-language-national-origin-hierarchy","candidateTheme":"Lives Between Borders: Racial Equity in Healthcare × Pathways, Status & Regularization × Caste, Colorism, Phenotype, Language & National-Origin Hierarchy","reportingThesis":"Show how institutional choices across Racial Equity in Healthcare, Pathways, Status & Regularization and Caste, Colorism, Phenotype, Language & National-Origin Hierarchy; identify who holds authority, who absorbs the risk, what evidence is missing, and what remedy is possible.","macroTheme":"Migration, diaspora & belonging","bestFitLane":"Public Service","secondaryLane":"Investigative Reporting","storyScope":"National or multi-local","k":3,"closeness":0.1914191295703252,"intersectionality":0.1914191295703252,"selectionScore":83.97,"issueTitles":["Racial Equity in Healthcare","Pathways, Status & Regularization","Caste, Colorism, Phenotype, Language & National-Origin Hierarchy"],"categoryMix":"Immigration, Refuge & Displacement | Racial Minority Issues | Structural & Systemic Racism","recordsDataPlan":"Immigration and asylum dockets; detention and consular records; visa and citizenship data; remittance flows; service records; diaspora and mixed-status-family interviews","potentialPublicImpact":"due-process reform, family unity, anti-scapegoating protections, safer mobility or improved service access","whyItRanks":"Human stakes 92/100; accountability 94/100; reportability 89/100; breadth-adjusted intersectionality 19.1%.","limitations":"Metadata-derived candidate only; requires a named mechanism, jurisdiction, population, timeframe, source fit, counterevidence, fairness review and original reporting."},"k3:property-finance-entrepreneurship-market-access__childcare-eldercare-leave-household-decision-making__data-ai-mobility-gender-responsive-services":{"rank":111,"candidateId":"k3:property-finance-entrepreneurship-market-access__childcare-eldercare-leave-household-decision-making__data-ai-mobility-gender-responsive-services","candidateTheme":"Who Gets to Belong in Public Life?: Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access × Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making × Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services","reportingThesis":"Trace the records, decision-makers, money and enforcement gaps that connect Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access, Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making and Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services; identify who holds authority, who absorbs the risk, what evidence is missing, and what remedy is possible.","macroTheme":"Gender & LGBTQ+ equality","bestFitLane":"Investigative Reporting","secondaryLane":"Public Service","storyScope":"National or multi-local","k":3,"closeness":0.5798771699269613,"intersectionality":0.37692016045252486,"selectionScore":83.94,"issueTitles":["Property, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Market Access","Childcare, Eldercare, Leave & Household Decision-Making","Data, AI, Mobility & Gender-Responsive Services"],"categoryMix":"Structural & Systemic Gender Inequality","recordsDataPlan":"Health, employment, education, housing and safety data; court and agency records; workplace policies; service-access records; interviews across demographic and geographic variation","potentialPublicImpact":"equal access, safety, autonomy, workplace reform, family recognition or institutional accountability","whyItRanks":"Human stakes 94/100; accountability 93/100; reportability 90/100; breadth-adjusted intersectionality 37.7%.","limitations":"Metadata-derived candidate only; requires a named mechanism, jurisdiction, population, timeframe, source fit, counterevidence, fairness review and original reporting."},"k2:money-political-power__caregiver-consent-scope-compensation":{"rank":112,"candidateId":"k2:money-political-power__caregiver-consent-scope-compensation","candidateTheme":"The Hidden Architecture of Public Authority: Money & Political Power × Caregiver Consent, Scope & Compensation","reportingThesis":"Trace the records, decision-makers, money and enforcement gaps that connect Money & Political Power and Caregiver Consent, Scope & Compensation; identify who holds authority, who absorbs the risk, what evidence is missing, and what remedy is possible.","macroTheme":"Democracy & civil liberties","bestFitLane":"Investigative Reporting","secondaryLane":"Public Service","storyScope":"National; local reporting components","k":2,"closeness":0.3800774812698364,"intersectionality":0.3800774812698364,"selectionScore":83.87,"issueTitles":["Money & Political Power","Caregiver Consent, Scope & Compensation"],"categoryMix":"Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure | Democracy, Elections & Civic Participation","recordsDataPlan":"Ethics disclosures; 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identify who holds authority, who absorbs the risk, what evidence is missing, and what remedy is possible.","macroTheme":"Health, care & basic needs","bestFitLane":"Local Reporting","secondaryLane":"Public Service","storyScope":"Localizable; comparative local/state","k":2,"closeness":0.18811063468456268,"intersectionality":0.18811063468456268,"selectionScore":83.35,"issueTitles":["Internal & Climate Displacement","Housing Security"],"categoryMix":"Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure | Immigration, Refuge & Displacement","recordsDataPlan":"Hospital and insurance data; mortality and utilization records; licensing and complaint files; benefit-administration data; provider networks; patient and caregiver interviews","potentialPublicImpact":"improved access, benefit delivery, safety, affordability, provider accountability or care infrastructure","whyItRanks":"Human stakes 99/100; accountability 81/100; reportability 94/100; breadth-adjusted intersectionality 18.8%.","limitations":"Metadata-derived candidate only; requires a named mechanism, jurisdiction, population, timeframe, source fit, counterevidence, fairness review and original reporting."},"k2:internal-climate-displacement__homelessness-shelter-and-supportive-housing":{"rank":117,"candidateId":"k2:internal-climate-displacement__homelessness-shelter-and-supportive-housing","candidateTheme":"The Hidden System Behind Care: Internal & Climate Displacement × Homelessness, Shelter & Supportive Housing","reportingThesis":"Localize how public systems turn Internal & Climate Displacement and Homelessness, Shelter & Supportive Housing; identify who holds authority, who absorbs the risk, what evidence is missing, and what remedy is possible.","macroTheme":"Health, care & basic needs","bestFitLane":"Local Reporting","secondaryLane":"Public Service","storyScope":"Localizable; comparative local/state","k":2,"closeness":0.15015645325183868,"intersectionality":0.15015645325183868,"selectionScore":83.17,"issueTitles":["Internal & Climate Displacement","Homelessness, Shelter & Supportive Housing"],"categoryMix":"Care, Health, Family & Social Infrastructure | Immigration, Refuge & Displacement","recordsDataPlan":"Hospital and insurance data; 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