Biden’s strategy for cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation could extend the lives of fossil fuel power plants

On May 11, 2023, the Biden administration proposed new regulations to curb carbon pollution from existing power plants. The new rules replace the Obama administration’s Clean...

A brief history of debt ceiling crises and the political chaos they’ve unleashed

There have been numerous fiscal crises in the United States where Congress has either failed to pass a budget on time or there were doubts that...

Democrats need to make the U.S. Constitution work for them as the 2024 election loom

U.S. President Joe Biden has launched his re-election campaign, and we can expect to hear a lot about the need to protect American democracy from the...

4 factors that contributed to the record low history scores for US eighth graders

When national student test scores revealed recently that knowledge of U.S. history and civics had reached an all-time low, one Republican lawmaker described the drop as...

Ukraine recap: not a great deal to celebrate for Putin this Victory Day as Ukraine digs in for the long haul

One tank. According to press reports and news broadcasts from Moscow, a solitary T-34 dating back to the second world war was the only tank that...

Studying can be a costly choice. Universities should address young people’s financial literacy gaps

Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels   This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape...

Voter ID: most people are terrible at matching faces to photos, making polling checks unreliable

On Thursday May 4, for the first time, members of the public voting in local council elections in England were required to bring photo ID to...

Coronation arrests: how the new public order law disrupted protesters’ once in a lifetime opportunity

London’s Metropolitan police were keen to portray the coronation of King Charles III as a once in a generation event justifying the pre-emptive, early morning arrests...

What does ending the emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US mean in practice? 4 questions answered

George Santos indicted on fraud, money laundering and other criminal charges – 3 essential reads

Even by today’s low ethical standards for politicians, George Santos is quite exceptional. The U.S. representative for New York’s 3rd Congressional District has been accused of...