Background In February 2023, Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental, a leading dental care and oral health insurance provider for government-sponsored programs like Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in the United Stat...
With the first contest of the Republican presidential primaries under a week away, former President Donald Trump has a large lead over his competitors. Polls show him nearly 50 percent ahead of his closest challenger, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a...
There is nothing more American than our diet. The American diet is notorious for its high intake of fats, sugars, and carbohydrates—and rightfully so. The average American consumes 77 grams of sugar a day, over double the American Heart Association...
“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” Today, US asylum policy is a far cry from the open approach described in Emma Lazarus’s poem inscribed on the bottom o...
“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” Today, US asylum policy is a far cry from the open approach described in Emma Lazarus’s poem inscribed on the bottom o...
If you’ve ever had a Crunch Bar, there’s a chance a child slave in Côte d’Ivoire produced the cocoa. As illegal as that sounds, the question of whether US law can punish the two companies—Nestlé and Cargill—accused of aiding and abetting ...
If you’ve ever had a Crunch Bar, there’s a chance a child slave in Côte d’Ivoire produced the cocoa. As illegal as that sounds, the question of whether US law can punish the two companies—Nestlé and Cargill—accused of aiding and abetting ...
The days leading up to April 15 are filled with panic for many Americans who, upon realizing that their tax returns are due, must search frantically for their W-2s and open up TurboTax or a similar software. Taxpayers collectively spend over 3 billio...
The days leading up to April 15 are filled with panic for many Americans who, upon realizing that their tax returns are due, must search frantically for their W-2s and open up TurboTax or a similar software. Taxpayers collectively spend over 3 billio...
Americans have prized individual liberty since the nation’s founding. Naturally, many people are suspicious of the government collecting their data. According to a 2015 Pew Research Center survey, a majority of Americans disapprove of the US govern...
Americans have prized individual liberty since the nation’s founding. Naturally, many people are suspicious of the government collecting their data. According to a 2015 Pew Research Center survey, a majority of Americans disapprove of the US govern...
Taiwan is running on empty, and importing fuel won’t fix the root problem: The island is in desperate need of its own energy supply. In 2016, domestic energy production made up only two percent of Taiwan’s total energy consumption. 98 percent of ...
Taiwan is running on empty, and importing fuel won’t fix the root problem: The island is in desperate need of its own energy supply. In 2016, domestic energy production made up only two percent of Taiwan’s total energy consumption. 98 percent of ...
Since the landmark Citizens United decision of 2010, U.S. elections have become less about voters and their voices and more about the moneyed elite and their bottomless wallets. Corporations, unions, and wealthy donors funnel millions of dollars into...
Since the landmark Citizens United decision of 2010, U.S. elections have become less about voters and their voices and more about the moneyed elite and their bottomless wallets. Corporations, unions, and wealthy donors funnel millions of dollars into...
These days, recycling is out, and recycling cynicism is in. In 2017, that cynicism peaked when China axed a decades-long agreement to purchase American recycling. This left environmentalists, policymakers, and concerned citizens wondering: could Amer...
These days, recycling is out, and recycling cynicism is in. In 2017, that cynicism peaked when China axed a decades-long agreement to purchase American recycling. This left environmentalists, policymakers, and concerned citizens wondering: could Amer...
The so-called “gig” economy is, for lack of a better word, gig-antic. This market, characterized by its dependence upon freelance workers and independent contractors, accounted for 94 percent of net employment growth in the U.S. between 2005 and ...
The so-called “gig” economy is, for lack of a better word, gig-antic. This market, characterized by its dependence upon freelance workers and independent contractors, accounted for 94 percent of net employment growth in the U.S. between 2005 and ...
When Paddy Roy Bates claimed an abandoned military fort as a present for his wife Joan, the principality of Sealand was born. There was no fanfare or paperwork, Bates simply created a micronation: an “entity that claims to be an independent state b...
When Paddy Roy Bates claimed an abandoned military fort as a present for his wife Joan, the principality of Sealand was born. There was no fanfare or paperwork, Bates simply created a micronation: an “entity that claims to be an independent state b...
“It started out as a kiss; how did it end up like this?” wonder The Killers in their timeless 2003 hit “Mr. Brightside.” This refrain doubles as a genuine question about Jordan, where, this past summer, a single kiss propelled the desert king...
“It started out as a kiss; how did it end up like this?” wonder The Killers in their timeless 2003 hit “Mr. Brightside.” This refrain doubles as a genuine question about Jordan, where, this past summer, a single kiss propelled the desert king...
DNA, the genetic code that lays the foundation for a person’s health, mental abilities, and personality traits, is a fundamental building block of a person’s identity. The assortment of As, Ts, Gs, and Cs tells a unique story, and an analysis of ...
DNA, the genetic code that lays the foundation for a person’s health, mental abilities, and personality traits, is a fundamental building block of a person’s identity. The assortment of As, Ts, Gs, and Cs tells a unique story, and an analysis of ...
Five decades ago, restaurants, parks, and schools were shrouded in a cloud of smoke, and U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry was trying to see through the haze. To find a meaningful way to investigate and convey the dangers of smoking, he created the A...
Five decades ago, restaurants, parks, and schools were shrouded in a cloud of smoke, and U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry was trying to see through the haze. To find a meaningful way to investigate and convey the dangers of smoking, he created the A...