Federal spending covers only 8% of public school budgets
David S. Knight, University of Washington
CC BY-SAState and local tax dollars cover the bulk of U.S. public school funding.
The federal government spends just under...
While coronavirus cases spike in the South, the Northeast seems to have it under...
Taison Bell, University of Virginia
“Hospital Capacity Crosses Tipping Point in U.S. Coronavirus Hot Spots” – Wall Street Journal
This is a headline I hoped to...
Simply scrapping the SAT won’t make colleges more diverse
Guadalupe I. Lozano, University of Arizona
When the University of California decided in early 2020 to stop using the ACT and SAT in admissions by...
How talking about the coronavirus as an enemy combatant can backfire
Tabitha Moses, Wayne State University
Sometimes war involves battling other countries; other times, it’s the metaphorical kind, like our current “war” against the coronavirus.
We see...
Should architecturally significant low-income housing be preserved?
Ashima Krishna, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York and Kerry Traynor, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
This past...
The Life and Mission of Atul Tandon, Recipient of Life & News’ 2019 Krach...
Ending Extreme Poverty
Atul Tandon is fighting for one big goal: to end extreme poverty in his lifetime.
An Indian-born banker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is...
How did ‘white’ become a metaphor for all things good?
Aradhna Krishna, University of Michigan
Shortly after George Floyd’s death, one of my friends texted me that Floyd wasn’t necessarily a bad person, but, pointing...
Group testing for coronavirus – called pooled testing – could be the fastest and...
Darius Lakdawalla, University of Southern California and Erin Trish, University of Southern California
Hopes for a summertime reprieve from COVID-19 have been dashed as cases...
