Over the past several decades, corporations, with government support, have largely stomped out unions. Will a series of historic labor wins and record public support reignite their flame? The recent United Auto Workers Strike (UAW) has piled on to a summer of record-breaking union activity. But casting a shadow
Despite the US government’s attempts to empower foreign aid recipient countries, most funds still flow through US and Europe based third parties. For the past several decades, the US government has made numerous attempts to change how it approaches foreign aid with the goal of being in greater sync
In the study of labor markets, few trends are as persistent as the unemployment gap between white and non-white workers. Discrimination, lack of local job opportunities, and education barriers have kept the gap wide open for most of recent United States history. This gap is even more pronounced for
0:00/1× Warning! Air Quality Alert. Phones along both coasts, and more recently Maui, have increasingly lit up with health alerts cautioning individuals to take care against hazardous air pollution. A warning once only familiar on the west coast has spread across the mainland US as Canada's
Transit use is down everywhere. Agencies are getting creative. Riders rejoice. From California commuter rails to New York City’s hundred-year-old train lines, transit is now less crowded. Even during the morning rush hour, it may be possible to find that coveted subway or bus seat. While this
With all the passion and heat around artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), as well as the attention paid to it by political leaders, it begs the question: what is the US federal government, the largest employer on the planet, up to on the topic. One interesting measure? Federal
