Tag: US Congress
Ensuring the minimum wage keeps up with economic growth would be...
Felix Koenig, Carnegie Mellon University
The US$1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill that the House is expected to soon pass...
Debunking the myth of legislative gridlock
Jeb Barnes, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
So much for gridlock.
President Joe...
Congress lifts long-standing ban on Pell grants to people in prison
Andrea Cantora, University of Baltimore
When Congress decided in 1994 to ban federal student aid for people behind bars, it was part of a wider...
Bridging America’s divides requires a willingness to work together without becoming...
Francesca Polletta, University of California, Irvine
Amid two crises – the pandemic and the national reckoning sparked by the killing of George Floyd – there...
John Lewis traded the typical college experience for activism, arrests and...
Jelani M. Favors, Clayton State University
As an 18-year-old student attending a training session for activists at the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee, John...
Supreme Court upholds American Indian treaty promises, orders Oklahoma to follow...
Kirsten Carlson, Wayne State University
Land in eastern Oklahoma that the United States promised to the Creek Nation in an 1833 treaty is still a...
Why having fewer OSHA inspectors matters
David Weil, Brandeis University
CC BY-NDIn many industries, such as construction, transportation, warehousing and health care, the workplace is dangerous. In 2018 alone, 5,250 workers...
Historic power struggle between Trump and Congress to be reviewed by...
Stanley M. Brand, Pennsylvania State University
On May 12, the Supreme Court will hear argument in two cases concerning congressional demands, known as subpoenas, for...
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...
