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/ 1 week agoCutting Medicaid and federal programs are among 4 key Trump administration policy changes that could make life harder for disabled people
Tracking disability policies has long been challenging − this will become a harder task under the Trump administration.
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/ 1 week agoHow ticket-splitting voters could shape the 2026 midterms
Democrats are desperate to retake control of Congress; Republicans want to keep it. To win, it helps to know what kind...
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/ 1 week agoStates that impose severe prison sentences accomplish the opposite of what they say they want
Research shows that imposing longer sentences harms inmates and society. There are less expensive − and more effective − ways to...
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/ 2 weeks agoUSAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions of lives worldwide at risk and imperil US national security
USAID has a decades-long history of fighting smallpox, polio, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV.
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/ 2 weeks agoHow Nutriset, a French company, has helped alleviate hunger and create jobs in some of the world’s poorest places
The key to the for-profit company’s successful partnership with governments, international agencies and humanitarian, nongovernmental organizations is how it handled its...
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/ 2 weeks agoGermany’s chancellor-in-waiting prioritizes ‘real’ independence from the US − but what does that mean and is it achievable?
Friedrich Merz has expressed a desire to ‘strengthen Europe as quickly as possible’ in the face of a growing rift between...
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/ 2 weeks agoA hazy legal landscape means people can get high on hemp products, even where pot is prohibited
The 2018 farm bill legalized hemp products that offer a high similar to marijuana nationwide. Experts worry that lax regulations present...
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/ 2 weeks agoButchers, bakers, candlestick-makers − and prostitutes: The women working behind the scenes in papal Avignon
Women’s work may not have been glamorous, but it was vital to the workings of the pope’s court and surrounding city.
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/ 2 weeks ago500 years ago, German peasants revolted – but their faith that the Protestant Reformation stood for freedom was dashed by Martin Luther and the nobility
The German peasants were among the first to try to unlock the revolutionary potential of Reformation teachings to fight social and...
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/ 2 weeks agoTrump’s claims of vast presidential powers run up against Article 2 of the Constitution and exceed previous presidents’ power grabs
Donald Trump claims that Article 2 of the Constitution gives him the right ‘to do whatever I want as President.’ A...
