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/ 1 year agoHow to get federal disaster aid: FEMA is running out of money, but these strategies can help survivors of Hurricane Idalia and the Maui fires get aid faster
An expert in disaster law explains the steps for securing aid, what to do if everything is lost and the deadlines...
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/ 1 year agoTrans students benefit from gender-inclusive classrooms, research shows – and so do the other students and science itself
‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills claim to use science to justify a binary definition of sex based on certain traits. But the...
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/ 1 year agoRICO is often used to target the mob and cartels − but Trump and his associates aren’t the first outside those worlds to face charges
Federal and state RICO charges, which target racketeering, have been applied to a wide range of crimes committed by politicians and...
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/ 1 year agoSpecial counsels, like the one leading the Justice Department’s investigation of Hunter Biden, are intended to be independent − but they aren’t entirely
Special counsels can help presidential administrations avoid the perception of bias, but they are not as independent as the independent counsels...
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/ 1 year agoMedicare starts a long road to cutting prices for drugs, starting with 10 costing it $50.5 billion annually – a health policy analyst explains why negotiations are promising but will take years
The drug pricing reform may drastically lower prices for some of the most critical life-saving drugs in the long run. But...
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/ 1 year agoMany people think cannabis smoke is harmless − a physician explains how that belief can put people at risk
Clinical trials have demonstrated the health benefits of cannabis for certain conditions, but many aren’t testing smoked or vaped forms. Research...
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/ 1 year agoGovernors may make good presidents − unless they become ‘imperial governors’ like DeSantis
A former executive director of the National Governors Association explains what it is about certain governors that makes them less suited...
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/ 1 year agoThe federal government turns to local communities to help refugees settle into the US, but community-based programs bring both possibilities and challenges
Citizens are helping refugees get settled in the US, but the lack of standard federal rules makes the process tricky for...
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/ 1 year agoYear-round school: Difference-maker or waste of time?
Two education researchers reviewed the evidence on year-round school. Here is what they found.
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/ 1 year ago50 years after the Bunker Hill mine fire caused one of the largest lead-poisoning cases in US history, Idaho’s Silver Valley is still at risk
A fire and decades of silver and lead mining created the largest contiguous Superfund site in the nation in what today...
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/ 1 year agoGiraffes range across diverse African habitats − we’re using GPS, satellites and statistics to track and protect them
The largest ever giraffe tracking study shows how these massive animals are responding to human pressures across many different habitats throughout...
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/ 1 year agoIran’s street art shows defiance, resistance and resilience
Iranian artists are showing renewed determination to promote freedom as a cultural necessity in Iran, even in the face of a...
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/ 1 year agoWorkers like it when their employers talk about diversity and inclusion
Policies that foster diversity, equity and inclusion have been shown to have many positive operational impacts − including leading to more...
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/ 1 year agoWith ‘Goodbye Mary,’ Molly Tuttle extends country music’s lineage of reproductive rights songs to the post-Roe era
From the pre-Roe years to today, country musicians have written about the realities of life with restrictions on reproductive rights.
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/ 1 year agoWhat can cities do to correct racism and help all communities live longer? It starts with city planning
An analysis by scholars at the University of California, Davis showed that just a small number of cities in California actively...
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/ 1 year agoQuran burning in Sweden prompts debate on the fine line between freedom of expression and incitement of hatred
Several countries across Europe are introducing new legislation to curb hate speech against religions, even as they get rid of older...
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/ 1 year agoHow individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi persecution − a new view of history
Finding the stories of individual Jews who fought the Nazis publicly and at great peril helped a scholar see history differently:...
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/ 1 year agoPrescriptions for fruits and vegetables can improve the health of people with diabetes and other ailments, new study finds
When people taking part in 22 pilot programs across the US got free fruits and vegetables, their health improved.
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/ 1 year agoMachines can’t always take the heat − two engineers explain the physics behind how heat waves threaten everything from cars to computers
People aren’t the only ones harmed by heat waves. The hotter it gets, the harder it is for machines to keep...
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/ 1 year agoThis course examines the dark realities behind your favorite children’s stories
A lecturer in English literature gets her students to examine children’s books through the lens of race, class and sexuality.
