Social Media Platforms (10/2/2020)
Internet-based services enjoy broad legal protections over the third-party content they distribute, a safeguard offered by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Signed into law in 1996 when...
View ArticlePolice Under Scrutiny (10/9/2020)
Police officers fatally shoot an average of nearly 1,000 people annually in the United States, and Blacks, Hispanics, the mentally ill and the poor are more likely to be stopped by police than whites....
View ArticleMonument Protests (10/16/2020)
Monuments honoring historic figures are being removed by local officials or have been toppled or defaced by protesters across the nation this year. Many honored Confederate generals and officials, but...
View ArticleThe U.S. Health Insurance System (10/23/2020)
COVID-19 sparked a recession and massive job cuts, which have cost millions of people their health insurance. An estimated 160 million Americans had insurance through an employer before the pandemic,...
View ArticleSystemic Racism (10/30/2020)
Black Americans are more likely than white Americans to get shot by police, to contract COVID-19 and to be incarcerated. Anger at a lack of racial equality boiled over after the killing of George...
View ArticlePreventing Wildfires (11/6/2020)
Western wildfires are becoming larger, hotter and more frequent, and the fire season is lasting longer than ever before. So far this year, more than 2.5 million acres have been scorched across Oregon,...
View ArticleThe Public Health System (11/20/2020)
Some health experts warned for years ahead of the coronavirus pandemic that the nation was unprepared for a major outbreak. Advocates complain that public health receives generous funding after a...
View ArticleProtecting Consumer Finances (11/27/2020)
Born out of the 2007-09 financial crisis when millions of Americans lost their homes due to foreclosures, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been a political lightning rod from the...
View ArticleGraduates' Prospects (12/4/2020)
With COVID-19 resurging, business bankruptcies rising and economic uncertainty spreading, the hiring outlook for the Class of 2021 is muted or down for the first time in almost a decade. Upbeat career...
View ArticleThe Abraham Accords (12/11/2020)
Israel's normalization of ties with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan shatters the status quo in which Arab states withheld recognition of Israel until it allowed creation of an independent...
View ArticleThe Natural Gas Industry (1/1/2021)
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) production has jumped over the past decade, helping make the United States a net exporter of energy for the first time in more than 70 years. The growth of LNG — gas cooled...
View ArticleHealth and Society (1/8/2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted health disparities in the United States, as Black, Hispanic and Native Americans have become infected and died at higher rates than others. Researchers have found...
View ArticleThe Biden Presidency (1/15/2021)
Joe Biden won the presidency promising bold action on many fronts: the COVID-19 pandemic, the struggling economy, racial and social justice, health care, climate change and international relations. He...
View ArticleCorporate D&I (1/22/2021)
Although corporate America spends billions annually on diversity and inclusion (D&I) programs, most companies have not made many gains in hiring a diverse workforce. An influential 2019 study by...
View ArticleThe Future of Unions (1/29/2021)
The election of union ally Joe Biden and control of both the House and Senate by the traditionally labor-friendly Democratic Party have spurred predictions that the union movement may see renewed...
View ArticleSlavery's Legacy (2/12/2021)
Amid a tense moment in racial relations, an ambitious — and controversial — journalistic endeavor known as The 1619 Project places slavery at the center of U.S. history. The goal, wrote the editors at...
View ArticleHollywood and COVID-19 (2/19/2021)
As COVID-19 spread across America, one sector feeling a profound impact was the movie theater business. Most theaters closed for much of 2020, with revenues plummeting. AMC, the nation's largest chain,...
View ArticleState Finances (2/26/2021)
Tax collections have fallen in almost every state due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The damage has not been as severe as initially predicted last spring, when some feared that states would face their worst...
View ArticleExpertise Under Assault (3/5/2021)
Distrust of government and scientific experts has taken disturbing forms recently — from the violent attack on the Capitol by a mob that refused to believe election results, to conspiracy theories...
View ArticleThe Boy Scouts' Future (3/12/2021)
More than 130 million youths have participated in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) since its inception in 1910. But membership has been declining for nearly 50 years, and the organization may be...
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