Tag: US Congress
Only 1 in 4 women who have been sexually harassed tell...
Margaret E. Johnson, University of Baltimore
On May 30, a grand jury indicted Harvey Weinstein on charges he raped one woman and forced another to...
Why you should vote for a woman in 2018
Jeffrey Lazarus, Georgia State University and Amy Steigerwalt, Georgia State University
This year, women are poised to make great gains in congressional representation.
Across the country,...
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...
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,...
Will a federal government shutdown damage the US economy?
Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University
The federal government shut down for the first time in a little more than four years after Republicans and Democrats...
For richer or poorer: 4 economists ponder what 2018 has in...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced; Christos Makridis, Stanford University; Patricia Smith, University of Michigan, and William Hauk, University of South Carolina
Editor’s note: We...
GOP tax plan doubles down on policies that are crushing the...
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
The U.S. middle class has always had a special mystique.
It is the heart of the American dream. A decent income...
Taxpayers want more fairness. GOP plan to ‘reform’ the tax code...
Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan
Republicans seem to be operating under the assumption that if the details of their tax “reform” plan are aired for...
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
