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War in the Middle East made the case for renewables – what's happening in each country tells a harder story - Ezgi Canpolat, Harvard University

2 days ago

Supreme Court's tariff decision still leaves a 'mess' for companies trying to grab refunds -- Peter R. Crabb, Northwest Nazarene University; Institute for Humane Studies and Alison Graham Larson, Northwest Nazarene University

2 days ago

Millions are protesting – but boycotts might be key to changing government policies -- Lisa Schirch, University of Notre Dame and David Cortright, University of Notre Dame

3 days ago

Food aid doesn't make people loafers – research shows government benefits help low-income people find jobs -- Claudia Strauss, Pitzer College

3 days ago

Pittsburgh's post-steel economy is a success – and a warning for other cities -- Christopher Briem, University of Pittsburgh

4 days ago

Workplace relief is coming for employees with symptoms of menstruation, perimenopause and menopause in Philly -- Ann Juliano, Villanova University

4 days ago

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1 month ago

Soaring gas prices prompt Trump to ease oil tanker rules – how waiving the Jones Act affects what you pay at the pump -- Christopher Niezrecki, UMass Lowell

10 days ago

Why the damage to Qatar's gas infrastructure could push costs higher for years to come -- Adi Imsirovic, University of Oxford

6 days ago

Targeting of energy facilities turned Iran war into worst-case scenario for Gulf states -- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University

6 days ago

Oil isn't just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers -- André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology

6 days ago

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6 days ago

Seattle tried to guarantee higher pay for delivery drivers – here's why it didn't work as intended -- Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University; Brian K. Kovak, Carnegie Mellon University, and Yuan An, Carnegie Mellon University

6 days ago

A successful USDA program that has supported more than 533,000 affordable rental homes in rural America is getting phased out -- Brian Y. An, Georgia Institute of Technology

12 days ago

War in Middle East brings uncertainty and higher energy costs to already weakening US economy -- Michael Klein, Tufts University

19 days ago

Measuring poverty on a spectrum instead of an arbitrary line conveys a more accurate picture of inequality -- Olivier Sterck, University of Oxford

22 days ago

When unpaid cooking, cleaning and child care get a dollar value, income inequality in the US shrinks – but the gap has grown since 1965 -- Leila Gautham, University of Leeds and Nancy Folbre, UMass Amherst

19 days ago

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1 year ago

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Controversy over Reese's ingredients reveals standard food industry practices most consumers never notice -- Jonathan Deutsch, Drexel University

13 days ago

The oil price surge is just one symptom of a supply chain network that is not fit for this age of global tensions -- Maryam Lotfi, Cardiff University

26 days ago

Drug company ads are easy to blame for misleading patients and raising costs, but research shows they do help patients get needed treatment -- Anna Chorniy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Institute for Humane Studies

1 month ago

How the Seattle Seahawks' sale will score a touchdown for charity 8 years after Paul Allen's death -- Reid Kress Weisbord, Rutgers University - Newark and Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia

1 month ago

Are women board members risk averse or agents of innovation? It's complicated, new research shows -- Stephen J. Smulowitz, Wake Forest University

1 month ago

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1 year ago

For the nearly 1 in 4 US adults with chronic pain, employers' expectations of a healthy body can lead to shame -- Beth Schinoff, University of Delaware and Elana Feldman, UMass Lowell

5 days ago

Big beautiful refund? 5 tax code changes that may put more money in your pocket -- Jim Franklin, Western Governors University School of Business

19 days ago

Family-friendly workplaces are great − but 'families of 1' get ignored -- Peter McGraw, University of Colorado Boulder

19 days ago

Why corporate America is mostly staying quiet as federal immigration agents show up at its doors -- Alessandro Piazza, Rice University

1 month ago

Denmark's generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the 'motherhood penalty' for working moms -- Alexandra Killewald, University of Michigan

1 month ago

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1 year ago

Why doesn't travel insurance cover war? -- Paul Latimer, Swinburne University of Technology

26 days ago

What oil, stocks and bonds are telling us about the Iran conflict and how long it might last -- Daniele D'Alvia, Queen Mary University of London

26 days ago

Could global tensions finally see Sweden warming towards the euro? -- Fredrik NG Andersson, Lund University

1 month ago

Supreme Court is set to rule on constitutionality of Trump tariffs – but not their wisdom -- Kent Jones, Babson College

2 months ago

International aid groups are dealing with the pain of slashed USAID funding by cutting staff, localizing and coordinating better -- Sarah Stroup, Middlebury College and Jennifer Hadden, Brown University

2 months ago

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1 year ago

Tax changes taking effect in 2026 may boost the number of donors but lead to the US missing out on an estimated $5.7B a year in charitable giving -- Jon Bergdoll, Indiana University and Patrick Rooney, Indiana University

10 days ago

Gifts from top 50 US philanthropists jumped to $22.4B in 2025 − Mike Bloomberg, Bill Gates and the estate of Paul Allen lead a list of the biggest givers -- David Campbell, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Hans Peter Schmitz, North Carolina State University, and Lindsey McDougle, Rutgers University - Newark

15 days ago

Crowdfunded generosity isn't taxable – but IRS regulations haven't kept up with the growth of mutual aid -- Shelly Tygielski, Indiana University and Pamala Wiepking, Indiana University; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

1 month ago

With less charitable giving flowing directly to charities, a tax policy scholar suggests some policy fixes -- Ray Madoff, Boston College

2 months ago

Donor-advised funds have more money than ever – and direct more of it to politically active charities -- Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University and Helen Flannery, University of Vermont

3 months ago

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11 months ago

Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income -- Tarah Williams, Allegheny College and Andrew Bloeser, Allegheny College

2 months ago