Taking this step may improve the quality of life for vulnerable people and reduce the amount of air conditioning they use, making their neighborhoods less prone to power outages.
Venezuelan migrants wait at the Binational Border Service Center of Peru.
REUTERS/Douglas Juarez
Hundreds of US cities have red light cameras to try to catch traffic violations and prevent accidents. But research shows that the cameras may encourage other types of accidents.
A man reads the newspaper by flashlight during the Northeast Blackout in August 2003.
AP Photo/Joe Kohen
As South American countries recover from a massive blackout, the US isn’t immune: The Northeast Blackout of 2003 cut power to 50 million people, and many threats to the electricity grid remain.
Collins, second from right, departs a federal courthouse after being charged with insider trading.
Reuters/Mike Segar
The Trump administration is considering a change to capital gains that could be a windfall for the rich. A scholar explains what they are and how they’re taxed.
Tour by activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to get young people registered.
AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee
Not all who register vote. Research shows factors like timing and major tragic events can influence who, in the end, makes it out to the polls.
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the television shortly after the opening bell.
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The Trump administration is considering a change to how capital gains taxes are calculated that would save investors roughly $100 billion over a decade.
A stretchable electronic device whose design is inspired by the cut-paper art called kirigami.
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What’s the connection between kids making paper snowflakes and wearable devices that stretch and bend with your body? Engineers who find design inspirations from many sources.
An immigrant child looks out from a U.S. Border Patrol bus.
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A 15-year-old fleeing violence in El Salvador came to the US in 1985. Her case set in motion a Supreme Court decision that would affect how authorities treat children in their custody for decades.
What’s this digital token good for, anyway?
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Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity; Social and Healty Equity Endowed Chair, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York