Tag: US Congress
Congress passes $1T infrastructure bill – but how does the government...
Ana Maria Dimand, Boise State University
The U.S. Congress passed an infrastructure bill that funds more than a trillion...
Rural Alaska has a bridge problem as permafrost thaws and crossing...
Guangqing Chi, Penn State; Davin Holen, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Heather Randell, Penn State; Megan Mucioki, Penn State, and Rebecca Napolitano, Penn...
Britney Spears gets free of father’s conservatorship – but many others...
Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia
Britney Spears finally got her wish: A judge suspended her dad as conservator, about...
SNAP benefits are rising for millions of Americans, thanks to a...
Tracy Roof, University of Richmond
The U.S. Department of Agriculture adjusts Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits to reflect changes...
How religious fervor and anti-regulation zealotry laid the groundwork for America’s...
Conor Heffernan, University of Texas at Austin
Spend any time watching television or scrolling through social media, and you’ll...
Biden gives Congress his vision to ‘win the 21st century’ –...
Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University; Ivory A. Toldson, Howard University, and Veronika Dolar, SUNY Old Westbury
President Joe...
Why can’t the IRS just send Americans a refund – or...
Beverly Moran, Vanderbilt University
The Internal Revenue Service has postponed the April 15 tax filing deadline to May 17....
The US prepares to deliver $1.9 trillion jolt of economic relief:...
Bryan Keogh, The Conversation
The U.S. economy and millions of people struggling because of the pandemic are about to...
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...
