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Scammers are robbing institutions of billions of dollars. Adrià Fruitós

June 21, 2023

Heists Worth Billions: An investigation found criminal gangs using sham bank accounts and secret online marketplaces to steal from almost anyone – and little being done to combat the fraud

David Maimon, Georgia State University and Kurt Eichenwald, The Conversation

Check fraud is one of history’s oldest financial crimes and criminals are finding new ways to use it to steal billions from banks.

The pandemic put millions of people on the edge of eviction. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

March 2, 2023

COVID‑19’s housing crisis hit many Asians in the US hardest – but only after government aid began flowing

Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University - Newark and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Agnes Scott College

While all groups experienced increased housing vulnerability after the pandemic hit, only people of Asian descent continued to see their situations worsen in 2021 as the US spent trillions trying to soften the impact.

The Supreme Court lifted the CDC’s eviction ban. AP Photo/Elise Amendola

August 27, 2021

CDC eviction ban ended by Supreme Court: 4 questions about its impact answered by a housing law expert

Katy Ramsey Mason, University of Memphis

A legal scholar explains background on the ruling, what it means and who’s affected.

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority was hit hard by a 79% ridership reduction during the pandemic. It needs an extra $8 billion through 2024 to avoid service cuts and layoffs. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

May 21, 2021

Pandemic‑stricken mass transit would get $85 billion in Biden stimulus plan – a down payment on reviving American cities

Ruth Steiner, University of Florida

Transit agencies could use the money to buy new subway cars, buses and maintain rails. The funding is designed to build on last year’s emergency aid, which kept transit operating through the pandemic.

Joe Biden has signed dozens of executive orders during his first 100 days in office, many of them reversing Trump-era policies. Evan Vucci/AP Photo

April 29, 2021

Measuring a president’s first 100 days goes back to the New Deal

Robert Speel, Penn State

Since the Roosevelt administration, it’s become standard to look for accomplishments in a presidency’s early months.

January 27, 2021

NZ needs an evolving pandemic strategy if it’s to keep the public’s trust

Bernard Walker, University of Canterbury

The way politicians and public health officials have handled the coronavirus pandemic so far has earned people’s trust. But that trust is conditional.

As vice president, Joe Biden – seen here on left, in 2016 – had a working relationship with the Republican Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell. Is that possible now? Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

December 9, 2020

Foreign policy is Biden’s best bet for bipartisan action, experts say – but GOP is unlikely to join him on climate change

Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service; Jonathan Monten, UCL; Joshua Busby, The University of Texas at Austin; Joshua D. Kertzer, Harvard Kennedy School, and Michael J. Tierney, William & Mary

A survey of 800 foreign policy experts identified four international issues where Republicans and Democrats may actually cooperate to get something done – and one area of severe disagreement.

The pandemic has caused an economic emergency in states and cities. Viaframe/Getty

August 5, 2020

Will the GOP let Congress send money to states and cities reeling from the pandemic? 4 essential reads on the economic crisis

Naomi Schalit, The Conversation

The pandemic isn’t just a health disaster. It’s a disaster for cities and states, where the money to run government that normally comes in every year has evaporated. Congress may or may not help.

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