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In 26 attempts, no African American has ever defeated an incumbent U.S. senator or governor.
The Fed’s decision to cut interest rates for the first time since 2008 could lead to economic policies that are even more reckless.
Have a cat who just loves to scratch? Declawing is a major surgery that comes with serious long-term side effects – and it might not solve the problem anyway.
As the rate of obesity in the US rises, transplant centers are debating whether to accept organ donations from the obese. A new study suggests that oversized hearts are safe to use.
Disney says the Marvel movie just beat ‘Avatar’ as the top-grossing movie of all time. Inflation tells a different story, as an economist explains.
A fifth of the world’s oil travels through the narrow waterway.
The Vietnam War ended in 1975. But it’s still harming the health of Vietnamese people born after the conflict ended.
It’s why Marvel’s effort to break the worldwide box office record is doomed, as an economist explains.
Approaching gender parity on the boards of big nonprofits might help narrow the pay gap among the sector’s highest-paid leaders.
Between 2000 and 2015, the population of U.S. citizen minors living in Mexico more than doubled. Who are the kids living on the other side of the border?
The 1929 immigration measure has become a focal point due to Trump’s crackdown on undocumented people, including families.
President Trump has discussed firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell over the central bank’s interest rate policies. Research shows this kind of political meddling is usually bad for the economy.
Although far fewer Americans took the charitable deduction on their tax returns, giving stayed fairly steady, according to the annual Giving USA report.
A study of over 700,000 state and local drug arrests shows that two out of three cases involve a small amount of illegal drugs.
The Fed said it’s ready to act to ‘sustain the expansion.’ The latest jobs report suggests it may have to act soon.
An economist explains why the long-term drop in the participate rate is an even bigger problem for the US economy than the May slowdown in jobs growth.
President Trump plans to put a 5% tariff on every Mexican good that crosses the border unless Mexico does more to reduce the flow of migrants.
With hurricane season comes the usual efforts by insurance companies and government agencies to calculate the economic costs. An economist explains how they’re doing it wrong.
China has reportedly halted all purchases of US soybeans. Here’s why that’s going to be very painful for American farmers.
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