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Sen. Warren is proposing universal child care as a way to rein in the soaring costs of raising a family. A sociologist explains what’s driving the trend.
Since 1982, presidents have invited special guests to the State of the Union who they believe embody values around which the nation can rally.
When it snows, it pours – but why do municipalities treat the roads with salt? A chemist explains how salt affects water and ice.
The Fed abruptly ended two years of aggressive interest rate hikes, signaling the longest economic expansion on record may be coming to a close.
Grant abstracts with more words, more complex language and more storytelling tend to earn more money – even if that’s not exactly what funders say they’d want.
Hospitals are now required to post their prices online. This approach is unlikely to change US health care – but better price transparency tools could actually reduce costs.
There’s a notable disparity between the rate of employment for people with and without disabilities, especially in certain pockets of the US.
The high-profile absence of several world leaders including Trump from the World Economic Forum has led some to suggest its influence is in decline. A philosopher who has seen Davos up close disagrees.
A new study looks at decades of NCAA free throws, finding that women shoot at 3 percent higher consistency than men.
In some cases, these restrictions have plunged people deeper into poverty.
The index fund revolutionized investing for millions. Its founder died on Jan. 16.
Confidentiality is written into the code of ethics that governs the profession. Will Congress force them to break it to learn the contents of Trump’s private meetings?
The UK’s agonizing efforts to find a path out of the European Union is beginning to look a lot like a game or riddle with no solution – and certainly no winners.
Trump, Schumer and Pelosi have fallen into a classic negotiation trap that often prevents deals from getting made, which has led to the shutdown stalemate.
The popular opinion is that presidents win government shutdowns, but a review of polling evidence paints a different picture.
How do women decide how many children to have and when to have them? The data reveal a few major patterns.
Fixes for small pieces of massive problems show that overarching crises may be less hopeless than they appear.
Older. More suburban. Less fertile. More diverse. This year, Americans grappled with some major shifts in the demographic landscape.
In the last year, workplace culture faced major upheaval for working women. We at The Conversation put together our reporting on that very topic from 2018.
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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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
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Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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