Tag: significant terms
What’s a bear market? An economist explains
Vidhura S Tennekoon, IUPUI
A 16th-century proverb advises: “It’s unwise to sell a bear’s skin before catching it.”
What is Afrofuturism? An English professor explains
Julian C. Chambliss, Michigan State University
The new sci-fi musical “Neptune Frost,” set in a Rwandan village constructed with...
What’s a 990 form? A charity accounting expert explains
Sarah Webber, University of Dayton
Most tax-exempt nonprofits must file a 990 form with the Internal Revenue Service every...
What is pay-as-you-throw? A waste expert explains
Lily Baum Pollans, Hunter College
Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate...
What is the Fed taper? An economist explains how the Federal...
Edouard Wemy, Clark University
Tapering refers to the Federal Reserve policy of unwinding the massive purchases of Treasury bonds...
What is chaos? A complex systems scientist explains
Mitchell Newberry, University of Michigan
Chaos evokes images of the dinosaurs running wild in Jurassic Park, or my friend’s...
What are dark patterns? An online media expert explains
Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida
Dark patterns are design elements that deliberately obscure, mislead, coerce and/or deceive website visitors...
What is unrestricted funding? Two philanthropy experts explain
Genevieve Shaker, IUPUI and Pamala Wiepking, IUPUI
Unrestricted funds are grants or donations nonprofits get to spend any way...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
