Hurricane Helene caused extensive damage to homes in North Carolina in 2024. AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek Ivis García, Texas A&M University Low-Income Homeowners May Get Less Disaster...
The legislative package signed into law on July 4, 2025, will shift more of SNAP’s costs to states, reducing federal spending while limiting assistance.
A public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians Concessions to the private sector are one reason why health care...
Rain falls over a makeshift memorial for flood victims along the Guadalupe River on July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. AP Photo/Eric Gay Liza Barros-Lane, University...
How the ‘big, beautiful bill’ will deepen the racial wealth gap – a law scholar explains how it reduces poor families’ ability to afford food and...
Hate and mental illness fester online because love and healing seem to be incompatible with profits. Ihor Lukianenko/iStock via Getty Images Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College Is...
The U.S. is the only advanced economy that doesn’t legally mandate a minimum number of vacation days. Comstock Images/Stockbyte via Getty Images Karen Tan, Middle Tennessee...
Siccar Point, photographed by the Curiosity rover, is near Mars’ Gale Crater. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill David Joffe, Kennesaw State University Curious Kids...
Consumer technologies get wet as a regular part of everyday life. Shuvro Mojumder/Unsplash , CC BY-SA Rachel Plotnick, Indiana University Nearly everyone has encountered the unthinkable:...
Spanking in the U.S. generally ends around age 12, when children become big enough to resist or fight back. Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Brand X Pictures via...
