In his original plan for the city of Philadelphia, William Penn declared that every home should have ample space “for...
The Trump administration had been working hard to roll back the nation’s environmental regulations on the grounds that they are an economic burden on business. But...
By Mary King and Lisa Dodson In November 2020, voters in Multnomah County, home to the city of Portland, resoundingly approved the creation of a new, universal preschool...
By Sanya Carley and David M. Konisky Energy insecurity—defined as the inability to pay one’s energy bill or avoid utility disconnection—is a pervasive and growing problem in the...
In the media, a prevalent narrative is that Donald Trump lost the 2020 elections because of the way he handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Several researchers determined...
In recent years, the idea of tuition-free colleges and universities in the United States has made its way into mainstream political debates. In many ways, this...
The 2020 elections saw robust gains for Republican women in state legislatures and Congress. Republican women increased their numbers from 13 to 31 in the U.S....
Banning right-wing extremists from social media can reduce the spread of anti-social ideas and conspiracy theories, according to Rutgers-led research. The study, published in the journal Proceedings...
The number of students who enroll in college and take on debt without receiving a college degree is striking. Of all students enrolled in America’s public...
American cities have long been unequal places – with big class and racial gaps that often overlap. Residents of particular neighborhoods often experience many severe deprivations...
The instructional models that are used to train police officers across the U.S. at the academy, in-service, mid-rank, and leadership levels are in many cases antiquated,...
By Fernando Tormos, Gustavo García-López, and Mary Angelica Painter After a hurricane strikes, governments and electric utility companies go to work restoring a sense of normalcy...
The drawing and redrawing of electoral districts – which happens every ten years after the Census – is a hotly contested ritual in American politics. At...
Gun violence increased by more than 30% in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers. The researchers said...
Ideally, local governments as the smallest jurisdictions in the American political system allow citizens to engage in a direct and substantive way. Local elections are one...
In the 1980s and 1990s, concerns about teen pregnancy voiced by policymakers and pundits helped garner support for welfare reform – as the public reached a...
Egg and sperm donations in the United States have long proceeded under the cloak of secrecy. Twenty-five years ago, when I first started interviewing patients who...
By Henna Budhwani and Kristine Ria Hearld Contraception is complicated. Reproductive health scholars can comfortably weigh the protective benefits of condom use compared to the convenience...
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — States with Democratic leaders tended to have responded more strongly to COVID-19 and have seen a lower rate of the spread of the...
The intensifying avalanche of restrictive U.S. abortion laws since 2012 has made it more difficult for many people to terminate their pregnancies. These restrictions have also...
A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers provides evidence that CD4+ T lymphocytes — immune system cells also known...
Although extreme poverty in the United States is low by global standards, the U.S. has the worst index of health...
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met...
Pediatric neurologist Jane Tavyev, MD, has advice for parents looking to help their children learn social skills after pandemic isolation....