As a major federal agency reportedly moves away from monetizing the health benefits of regulations, the economist who ...

The rapid spread of health misinformation online since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred more studies and articles on the topic than ever before. But research and data are lagging on the ...

There’s a growing realization in the health care community about the toll that the practice of medicine takes on the Earth. The health care industry “is among the most carbon-intensive service sectors ...

In this first of a three-part series, we look at recent research on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a major component of the farm bill that Congress typically debates and renews every ...

Health misinformation is not a new phenomenon, but modern-day factors such as social media, in addition to politicization of health and science and the fast pace of scientific development during the ...

In early June, President Donald Trump issued an executive order authorizing the federal deployment of state National Guard troops, asserting protesters in “numerous incidents” were preventing federal ...

With rising rents and financial strife from the COVID-19 pandemic rippling through U.S. cities, some municipalities are turning to rent regulation as a policy to help tenants stay in their homes.

In June 2023, Nevada legislators approved $380 million in public funding for a 30,000-seat ballpark for the Oakland A’s, who are expected to throw their first pitch in Las Vegas in 2028 after Major ...

Young voters have been a major voting bloc since 1971, when the U.S. lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18. Today, they are one of America’s largest voting blocs — about 50 million people aged ...

There is a band of water across the equatorial Pacific Ocean, stretching from the coast of South America through to the island nations of Southeast Asia, whose temperature climatologists closely ...

Tribal sovereignty, often viewed as a legal term, sits at the center of almost every issue affecting tribal nations existing within the United States’ geographical borders. In its most basic sense, ...

Solitary confinement is the practice of keeping a prisoner alone in a cell about the size of a parking space, with minimal human contact and limited access to the outdoors. Corrections officers and ...