The Trump administration is considering requests from hunters to import wildlife trophies (body parts) on a case-by-case basis. Does this approach promote conservation or threaten endangered species?
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Trump administration
Displaying 501 - 520 of 793 articles
The House just passed its version of the tax plan, which includes about US$1 trillion in cuts for corporations. The question, who will be left holding the potato?
American lawmakers in the 1930s learned the hard way what happens when a country raises tariffs and makes other unilateral trade decisions.
The decision by the bureau’s founding director to step down this month offers Republicans and the Trump administration a chance to finally gut the bureau they’ve long despised.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry says the US needs to subsidize nuclear and coal power plants to keep the grid stable. But this policy would raise energy costs and could drive consumers off-grid instead.
Rather than tinkering with the deduction, Republicans should get rid of it altogether and replace it with something that would actually help more Americans afford a home.
Will the arrival and popularity of Oculus Go and other VR systems make us think differently about alternative realities and so-called alternative facts?
On Nov. 2 the White House posted a detailed climate science report without comment. The Trump administration is unlikely to heed it, but it could boost state, local and private sector action.
Colleges and universities boast US$547 billion in endowment assets, yet only a handful of elite schools would be taxed under the proposal.
To watch the Trump presidency unfold is to behold the crumbling of a political culture.
Does ancient Greek war hawk Pericles provide clues to a besieged Donald Trump’s next move? War has always been a helpful distraction for cornered world leaders.
In a fight for the global flow of information, social media firms must be regulated. Their billions of dollars in revenue put their financial interests in conflict with truth and democracy.
With better access to energy, women in developing nations could spend more time working or in school. But Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s claim that fossil fuels improve women’s lives misses the mark.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s “scourge of oppressive stupidity” has been in the Oval Office for a year. His assault on higher education is among Trump’s more disturbing penchants.
Supply-side economics is the intellectual backbone of the argument that tax cuts for the wealthy will boost business investment, wages and growth. The evidence suggests otherwise.
The president is urging lawmakers to end the program in the aftermath of the deadliest attack in New York City since 9/11. Doing so would be a mistake.
There has been a 600 per cent increase in online hate speech since Nov. 2015. The solution to stop the tide lies in both anti-hate laws and self-awareness education for audiences.
The Republican tax plan would ultimately make the current system less progressive while reducing the overall burden, two things research shows make countries less happy.
In 1978, Californians voted to pass Proposition 13, which slashed property taxes and ushered in an era of underinvestment, ending the ‘California dream’ for many.
Without a strategy or a legal case to legitimate the use of force, the US is endangering crucial alliances and civilian lives.
Job Board
-
Project Offier - Diversity & Inclusion
-
Senior Lecturer - Earth System Science
-
Sydney Horizon Educators (Identified)
-
Deputy Social Media Producer
-
Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
-
Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
-
Dean and Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis
-
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Merced
-
Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
-
Associate Professor of History, Penn State
-
Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
-
Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
-
Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
-
Professor of Languages and Linguistics and Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University
-
Assistant Professor of Law, Louisiana State University
-
Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands and University Distinguished Professor, Boise State University
-
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
-
Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
-
Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
