Appointing judges to lifetime terms can be among a president’s longest lasting legacies. The overwhelming majority of Trump’s nominees are conservative, white and male.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Quick reads
Displaying 861 - 880 of 1012 articles
Social Security will have to dip into its trust fund to pay benefits this year for the first time since 1982. Should we be worried?
When you see a bolt of lightning, do you immediately start counting to see how far off a storm is? An atmospheric scientist parses the practice.
Your blood is red;
it’s never blue.
Because of hemoglobin;
and the view through tissue.
Wine came to the US in the 16th century but didn’t make it to California – the leader in American winemaking – until the 19th century.
A Twitter account used for official purposes is a public forum protected by the First Amendment, a federal appeals court has ruled.
There are a few notable milestones along the road to fully self-driving cars.
Accounting for grocery prices and the effort eating home-prepared meals requires, the benefits commonly called food stamps fall far short of paying enough for the poor to eat right.
Over the last 50 years, Americans have steadily gotten older, more bicoastal and less likely to move to a new city.
When people see their bodies in 3D, they feel worse about themselves and more negative in general. That might not put shoppers in a buying mood even for clothes that fit better.
The Trump administration wants China to cut its trade deficit with the US by more than half. An economist explains why that’s not going to happen.
Maps can be an invaluable tool in a natural disaster or humanitarian crisis. A pilot project trained Syrian refugees at a Jordan camp to create their own.
Cutting the program formerly known as food stamps would hurt low-income Americans and the whole economy.
In this Speed Read, learn the difference between 3G, 4G and 5G, and why it matters.
It would be a heavy lift, but revising the Iran nuclear deal would have some significant upsides, according to scholars at the University of Maryland.
Glover and hip-hop are reaching their apex at the same time, giving Glover an avenue to enter the ranks of creative geniuses. But does his race matter?
Where you come down on the latest internet hullabaloo depends on how your brain fills in gaps in the sounds you hear.
Most people have all sorts of breadcrumbs of their identity scattered around the internet. A dedicated sleuth can piece them together and reveal private information in a very public way.
Why you should consider a live-and-let-live policy with the spiders you encounter in your home.
Many states are pondering making gambling on sports legal after the US Supreme Court overturned a federal ban. But is the industry really worth as much as some say it is?
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
-
Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
-
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
-
Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
-
Associated Director of Data Partnerships at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
-
Ben L. Fryrear Chair in Marketing and Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh
-
Provost Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
-
Professor of economics, Fordham University
-
Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
-
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
-
Glenn Family Chair Emeritus of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
-
Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
-
Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College
-
Research Associate of Philanthropy, Women's Philanthropy Institute; Doctoral student of Philanthropy, Indiana University
-
Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
