Tag: Trump administration
What’s the economic impact of a government shutdown?
Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University
President Donald Trump and Congress are once again on the verge of a partial federal government shutdown. If they fail...
Denying transgender identity has serious impact on mental health
Bethany Grace Howe, University of Oregon
“Sticks and stones may break my bones – but words will never hurt me,” goes the playground rhyme.
But the...
The Trump administration is scrapping a collaborative sage grouse protection plan...
John Freemuth, Boise State University
The Trump administration has released plans to open up nine million acres of sage grouse habitat in six western...
The John Birch Society is still influencing American politics, 60 years...
Christopher Towler, California State University, Sacramento
The retired candy entrepreneur Robert Welch founded the John Birch Society 60 years ago to push back against what...
Trump was dealt a winning hand on trade – his hardball...
James Lake, Southern Methodist University
As President Donald Trump prepares to meet with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the G-20 summit on Nov....
What Trump’s picks for the Presidential Medal of Freedom say about...
E. Fletcher McClellan, Elizabethtown College; Christopher Devine, University of Dayton, and Kyle C. Kopko, Elizabethtown College
President Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom...
Why trade deficits aren’t so bad
William D. Lastrapes, University of Georgia
Most Americans seem to think international trade deficits are a bad thing.
A March poll, for example, showed that...
Trump should wage a war on waste instead of battling the...
Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Rochester Institute of Technology
President Donald Trump is fighting the wrong fight in his ongoing trade war with the rest of the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
