Tag: Trump administration
Deported twice, man struggles to help his family survive
Oscar Gil-Garcia, Binghamton University, State University of New York
For more than a decade, I documented one man’s deportation, the impact on his family and...
As the Trump administration retreats on climate change, US cities are...
Katherine Levine Einstein, Boston University; David Glick, Boston University, and Maxwell Palmer, Boston University
Despite almost universal scientific consensus that climate change poses a growing...
Congress’ budget dysfunction is more than 4 decades in the making
Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard University
In an eleventh-hour twist, Sen. Rand Paul protested the costs of Congress’ latest budget deal and briefly shut down the...
Why Trump’s infrastructure ambitions are likely to stall
Caroline Nowacki, Stanford University and Kate Gasparro, Stanford University
President Donald Trump recently raised the ante with his promise to unleash a wave of new...
Trump’s push for new offshore drilling is likely to run aground...
Charles Lester, University of California, Santa Cruz
The Trump administration’s effort to dramatically expand federal offshore oil production has reignited a battle with California that...
Trump and Nunes torch tradition of trust between Congress and FBI
Douglas M. Charles, Pennsylvania State University
President Donald Trump’s attacks on the FBI may have reached a climax.
In an apparent attempt to discredit Robert Mueller’s...
3 key quotes from Trump’s first State of the Union, explained
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University; Greg Wright, University of California, Merced, and Stephanie L. Canizales, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters,...
Here’s how workers would spend the corporate tax cut – if...
Thomas Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management
Over 200 CEOs have said they will raise wages or give bonuses as a result of the large...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
