Tag: Inequality
The US is making plans to replace all of its lead...
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI
The Biden administration has released a plan to accelerate removal of lead water pipes and lead...
Bridges, bike lanes, electric car chargers and more: 5 essential reads...
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
After months of debate and negotiation, Congress has passed a sweeping measure to upgrade many...
Combatting an invisible killer: New WHO air pollution guidelines recommend sharply...
Laura Corlin, Tufts University
Air pollution is the world’s fourth leading cause of death, contributing to about 13 premature...
Biden’s infrastructure plan targets lead pipes that threaten public health across...
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a proposal to upgrade the U.S. drinking water distribution system...
What’s a capital gain and how is it taxed?
Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan
President Joe Biden plans to propose doubling the tax wealthy people pay on their...
How lifting children out of poverty today will help them tomorrow
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University; Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley, and Melissa S. Kearney, University of Maryland
As...
What is food insecurity?
Caitlin Caspi, University of Connecticut
Among the many striking images from the pandemic is an aerial photo showing cars in seemingly endless rows lined up...
Feeling relatively poor increases support for women in the workplace –...
Katrina Kosec, Johns Hopkins University and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, University of California, Berkeley
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EXPLORING NATURE
What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with...
Christina Hymer, University of Tennessee
When you picture Santa Claus, a white, bearded, overweight and jolly man who dashes...
