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April 5, 2024

What’s Wrong with the US Economy? Anything?

…and adopting a go-slow approach on AI regulation. Sorry to be a Debbie Downer about debt and deficits, but CBO predicts the national debt will nearly double to $48.3 trillion by 2034,…

April 5, 2024

The US Is Failing Substance-Exposed Infants

…and Health: Summary of National Findings,” September 2011, https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUHNationalFindingsResults2010-web/2k10ResultsRev/NSDUHresultsRev2010.htm. US Department of Health and Human Services, “SAMHSA Announces National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Results Detailing Mental Illness and…

April 3, 2024

School Absenteeism Has Become A Big Problem. But We Can Do Something About It.

Nat Malkus, who’s tracked the numbers on chronic absenteeism in his widely-referenced Return to Learn Tracker, has reported the situation is even worse in the nation’s poorest and low-achieving communities. In Los Angeles,…

March 31, 2024

Can Local Journalism Be Saved?

…local politics, and crime. But is the rise of nonprofit local news a Trojan horse? Major national foundations have funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into the new generation of…

March 30, 2024

Preventing Weed Smoking — Not More Weed Shops — Is What NYC Needs Now

…be effective. A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that “mass-reach health communication campaigns can increase tobacco cessation and change tobacco-related social norms.” That’s exactly what we need when it comes…

March 28, 2024

Finally, a Chance to Start Getting Higher Ed Right

…of some of the nation’s most prestigious universities, the blatant and unrepentant campus antisemitism on display, and the laughably hypocritical double standards applied to speech have illustrated the problems in…

March 26, 2024

Reading Scores Have Plunged Since the Pandemic. What This Senator Wants to Do About That

…a literate workforce, we as a nation cannot fill the 9 million jobs currently open or adequately staff the military, which hurts our competitiveness with other nations. Within literacy, research…

March 25, 2024

Families Slip Back Into Poverty After Pandemic-Era Child Tax Credit Expires

…and deaths. John Yang: Widespread economic damage is becoming clearer. Amna Nawaz: As the nation shut down, Chatman lost her job. Dafnee Chatman: The best way I can explain it…

March 21, 2024

Sugary Beverage Consumption Among SNAP Recipients

…can tell us about the foods that SNAP households report typically consuming. The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), an annual survey conducted by the CDC, asks respondents about their health…

March 19, 2024

Conservatives Distrust Higher Ed—But Still Need Degrees

…confidence in higher ed dropped a whopping 37 percentage points, nearly double the national average, and four times the dropoff for Democrats. Many on the right now hold as self-evident…