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People who have had interactions with the criminal justice system as defendants continue to face barriers, even after paying their debt to society.
Housing affordability has been an important public policy issue since the onset of the pandemic. Economist Emily Hamilton explains the research on some popular affordable housing policies.
From pioneering green energy grids to mountains of fake snow.
An energy expert explains the challenges of finding alternative natural gas supplies for Europe in case of a Russian cutoff over Ukraine.
The winter solstice is past, but bundle up – January is when winter really arrives in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
The Centers for Disease Control has announced a new, stricter standard for lead poisoning in children, which will more than double the number of kids considered to have high blood lead levels.
The Biden administration is proposing a big increase in offshore wind power. A former state official explains how regulators find the best sites and balance competing interests.
Offshore oil drilling has a long history in California, but is highly unpopular today. The latest major spill is likely to fuel efforts to wind down oil and gas production statewide.
Field trials of genetically edited crop plants are to be allowed in England under new government proposals.
Menstruation cups are increasingly being used as an environmentally friendly alternative to tampons and sanitary pads.
A decade ago, solar power was a tiny sliver of the US energy supply. Today it’s expanding rapidly – and the Biden administration wants to make it much, much bigger.
The history of UFOs weaves together public fascination, government secrecy and cultural phenomena. Recent news and shifts in the government’s stance on UFOs are giving new life to the mystery.
Are the election law changes proposed in statehouses across the country really as bad as some say? An election law scholar cuts through the yelling to take a sober look at the new voting landscape.
The research community is taking a closer look at the lab-leak hypothesis for the origin of COVID-19, prompting discussion about the risks and benefits of engineering viruses.
Vaccination rates for COVID-19 have been lower than desired for herd immunity, or when enough people become immune for new infections to stop. What will life look like without it?
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was recently approved for adolescents ages 12-15. Vaccination is essential to protect children from serious illness and quicken return to normal life.
President Biden wants to raise the capital gains tax that wealthy people pay and use the extra revenue to fund new social spending on children and education.
New members are joining and some are leaving – as right-wing groups reorganize, scholars of the movement foresee increased polarization, with a risk of more violence.
In 1974, Congress invented the reconciliation process to reduce deficits. More recently, reconciliation has been used in ways that increase the deficit. A public policy scholar explains the process.
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Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University
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Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University; Tufts University
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Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University
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Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University
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Co-director, STEPS (Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways), University of California, Davis
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Professor of Law, Director, Program on Law and Innovation, and Co-director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Vice President of Compliance and Research Administration, University of Nevada, Reno
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Professor of Environmental Law, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California, Los Angeles
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Research Scholar, New York University
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Distinguished Fellow, Sustainable Solutions Lab, UMass Boston
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Executive Director, Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Center for Human Rights, University of Nebraska Omaha
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PhD Candidate in Chemistry, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
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Professor, Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW
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Assisstant Professor of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion, Mississippi State University