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Were these protesters in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 16, 2025, inspired by Thomas Paine? Alex Brandon/AP

Economy

In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings − and for being skeptical

Staff Writer - October 9, 2025

Democrats demanded that Republicans negotiate with them on ACA subsidies and Medicaid cuts. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images News

Economy

How the government shutdown is hitting the health care system – and what the battle over ACA subsidies means

The economy keeps growing, but the pace of business investment has been slowing for some time. What gives? Kirpal Kooner/Getty Images Plus

Economy

Why aren’t companies speeding up investment? A new theory offers an answer to an economic paradox

The Fed’s job can seem like a balancing act. Dimitri Otis/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Economy

Fed rate cut is attempt to prevent recession without sending prices soaring

Interest rates are a tricky balancing act, as Fed Chair Jerome Powell knows well. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Economy

Fed, under pressure to cut rates, tries to balance labor market and inflation – while avoiding dreaded stagflation

A Trump supporter holds up a MAGA sign during a rally in Green Bay, Wis., on April 2, 2024. AP Photo/Mike Roemer

Economy

What MAGA means to Americans

Staff Writer - July 3, 2025

The president’s spending proposal doesn’t leave much behind. Alexey Kravchuk/iStock / Getty Images Plus

Economy

What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values

Staff Writer - June 29, 2025

Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks with reporters about the reconciliation process to advance President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill on June 3, 2025. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Economy

What is reconciliation − the legislative shortcut Republicans are using to...

Staff Writer - June 26, 2025

Research can make everyone better off. Emilija Manevska/Moment via Getty Images

Economy

Federal R&D funding boosts productivity for the whole economy − making...

Staff Writer - June 12, 2025

Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump at the G20 Summit on July 7, 2017, in Hamburg, Germany. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images

Economy

Trump–Xi call boosts Chinese president’s tough man image — and may...

Staff Writer - June 10, 2025

Five of Detroit’s mayoral candidates discuss their ideas for the future of the city. Detroit PBS

Economy

Detroit voters have an opportunity to pick a mayor who will...

Staff Writer - June 7, 2025

Concessions to the private sector are one reason why health care is so costly. FS Productions/Tetra images via Getty Images

Economy

US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities,...

Staff Writer - June 6, 2025

Global big beasts have a tendency to put their foot down. Alexander W Helin/Getty Images

Economy

Are hegemonies a relic of the past? The role of coercion...

Staff Writer - June 1, 2025

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EXPLORING NATURE

How do kids figure out how to sort things by order? Celeste Kidd

Articles

Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...

Staff Writer - October 5, 2025

Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...

About 20% of patients report experiencing a fever during pregnancy. John Fedele/Tetra images via Getty Images Plus

As an OB-GYN, I see firsthand how misleading statements on acetaminophen...

October 3, 2025

A roadside assistance vehicle is swamped by floodwaters on a Houston highway in 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

October 1, 2025

The Rapa Nui people are mostly invisible in the origin story of rapamycin. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images

A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what...

September 29, 2025

Do the seemingly endless doorways represent a woman trapped in domesticity or infinite ways out? Philadelphia Museum of Art

How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism

September 29, 2025