In 2013, Mike Hallatt was banned from every Trader Joe’s in the United States for stocking his car with their goods and reselling them in his Vancouver spinoff store, Pirate Joe’s. Trader Joe’s does not have any stores in Canada, yet their good...
Many Americans take clean air for granted, but it is the product of detailed federal regulations that weigh the economic costs of reducing pollution against the benefits of cleaner air to human health. Recently, however, the Environmental Protection ...
After 43 days, the longest US government shutdown in history ended on November 12, 2025. As of late February 2026, a partial government shutdown remains in effect. Its fiscal and social consequences are well-documented: The disruption of critical fed...
Although they may seem like novelties at first glance, “deepfakes” threaten to usher in a new era where our eyes and ears can no longer trust online content. These videos take the face of one person and realistically superimpose it onto the body ...
Although they may seem like novelties at first glance, “deepfakes” threaten to usher in a new era where our eyes and ears can no longer trust online content. These videos take the face of one person and realistically superimpose it onto the body ...
During the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve feared the onset of excessive inflation and thus decided to respond by constricting the money supply. This action is the monetary policy equivalent of trying to drive up a hill by slamming on the break...
During the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve feared the onset of excessive inflation and thus decided to respond by constricting the money supply. This action is the monetary policy equivalent of trying to drive up a hill by slamming on the break...
“No part of said property shall be occupied by any person not of the Caucasian race.” Although it was common for property deeds since the 1920s to include stipulations like this, such acts of racial housing discrimination were legally outlawed in...
“No part of said property shall be occupied by any person not of the Caucasian race.” Although it was common for property deeds since the 1920s to include stipulations like this, such acts of racial housing discrimination were legally outlawed in...
If you find yourself voting in Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina or Utah, you might be surprised by an option at the top of your ballot. It goes by many names–straight-ticket voting, straight-party vot...
If you find yourself voting in Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina or Utah, you might be surprised by an option at the top of your ballot. It goes by many names–straight-ticket voting, straight-party vot...
Tuition free college has been a staple of progressive campaigns, since Bernie Sanders’ Presidential run in 2016. While this policy has its merits, policymakers are overlooking a much larger problem —the income achievement gap. Minority and low-...
Tuition free college has been a staple of progressive campaigns, since Bernie Sanders’ Presidential run in 2016. While this policy has its merits, policymakers are overlooking a much larger problem —the income achievement gap. Minority and low-...
The sun never sets on American interests. From Cuba to the Philippines, the US has military bases and businesses around the globe. It is easy to forget, however, the intricate network of alliances that go into of maintaining the Pax Americana –...
The sun never sets on American interests. From Cuba to the Philippines, the US has military bases and businesses around the globe. It is easy to forget, however, the intricate network of alliances that go into of maintaining the Pax Americana –...
On March 10th, Congress began celebrating Sunshine Week, an informal celebration of government transparency led by the American Society of News Editors. As part of the festivities, legislators authored a suite of bills and resolutions intended to imp...
On March 10th, Congress began celebrating Sunshine Week, an informal celebration of government transparency led by the American Society of News Editors. As part of the festivities, legislators authored a suite of bills and resolutions intended to imp...
In 2009, a homeless encampment under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami attained international infamy when it was discovered that all the residents were registered sex offenders. Just last year, another sex offender encampment emerged in the same cou...
In 2009, a homeless encampment under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami attained international infamy when it was discovered that all the residents were registered sex offenders. Just last year, another sex offender encampment emerged in the same cou...
Hours before the AFC championship game this February, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft solicited sex workers at the Orchids of Asia Day spa in Florida. He was charged with soliciting a prostitute as part of a larger bust in which these spas an...
Hours before the AFC championship game this February, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft solicited sex workers at the Orchids of Asia Day spa in Florida. He was charged with soliciting a prostitute as part of a larger bust in which these spas an...
The financial state of the U.S. healthcare system is decidedly unhealthy. For a country that prides itself on market-based efficiency, the United States’ performance on any number of value-based outcomes is ironically dismal. In measures of equ...
The financial state of the U.S. healthcare system is decidedly unhealthy. For a country that prides itself on market-based efficiency, the United States’ performance on any number of value-based outcomes is ironically dismal. In measures of equ...
Ambitious has certainly been a word used to describe the “Green New Deal,” a 14-page resolution to tackle climate change authored by Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Since its release to the public in early February, it has recei...
Ambitious has certainly been a word used to describe the “Green New Deal,” a 14-page resolution to tackle climate change authored by Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Since its release to the public in early February, it has recei...
An island in the Chesapeake Bay is sinking. It’s projected to be underwater within the next 30 years, and its inhabitants are going to be some of the first American climate change refugees. But they’re denying the existence of climate change as ...
An island in the Chesapeake Bay is sinking. It’s projected to be underwater within the next 30 years, and its inhabitants are going to be some of the first American climate change refugees. But they’re denying the existence of climate change as ...