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6 Essential Reads For Keeping Up With ‘Dreamers’ Debate Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

6 Essential Reads For Keeping Up With ‘Dreamers’ Debate

The nation’s leaders are deciding the fate of hundreds of thousands of young people brought to the U.S. as children.

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3 Ways The US Can Prepare For The Next Flu Pandemic Cory Lum/Civil Beat

3 Ways The US Can Prepare For The Next Flu Pandemic

The federal government has only allocated $75 million this year toward flu vaccine research, when much more is needed.

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Sessions’ War On Pot Could Speed Up Legalization Nationwide PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Sessions’ War On Pot Could Speed Up Legalization Nationwide

The coalition for support for legalization has grown considerably.

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DACA Isn’t Just About Social Justice For Young Immigrants Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

DACA Isn’t Just About Social Justice For Young Immigrants

Enacting the DREAM Act would increase the productivity of legalized workers and expand the tax base.
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Will A Federal Government Shutdown Damage The US Economy? Flickr via KAZVorpal

Will A Federal Government Shutdown Damage The US Economy?

Withholding pay from a large fraction of the workforce can introduce a significant economic speed bump in the short run.
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How To Fulfill Oprah’s Promise To Girls Associated Press Photograph

How To Fulfill Oprah’s Promise To Girls

The sexual harassment crisis of 2017 reveals broader cracks in workplace regulation that have grown over time.
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Church: Guam Archbishop Faces New Sexual Assault Allegation Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Church: Guam Archbishop Faces New Sexual Assault Allegation

A relative of the country's highest-ranking Catholic official claimed to local media he was abused in 1990.
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Research On How Self-Control Works Could Help With New Year’s Resolutions PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Research On How Self-Control Works Could Help With New Year’s Resolutions

Let your self-control gain momentum like a snowball rolling downhill.
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How Under-Siege Scientists Fought Back in 2017: Five Essential Reads Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

How Under-Siege Scientists Fought Back in 2017: Five Essential Reads

Objective science took a hit this year as the Trump era began with its focus on alternative facts and fake news.

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The Myth Of The Successful College Dropout Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

The Myth Of The Successful College Dropout

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are, quite famously, college dropouts. But their cases are the exception – not the rule.

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It’s Time To Start Recognizing Climate Refugees UK Dept. For International Development

It’s Time To Start Recognizing Climate Refugees

By mid-century, experts estimate that climate change will displace between 150 million and 300 million people.

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Exxon Promises More Transparency On Climate Change Risk Mike Mozart/Flickr

Exxon Promises More Transparency On Climate Change Risk

The energy giant will start providing information about how climate change might affect its bottom line — something activists have long pressured the company to do.

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The GOP Doesn’t Care If You Like Its Tax Plan — Here’s Why Flickr.com

The GOP Doesn’t Care If You Like Its Tax Plan — Here’s Why

If Republicans can’t cut taxes when they have control of the presidency and both houses of Congress, what do they have to live for?

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The Era Of Driverless Cars Offers Plenty Of Hazards Flickr: Charly W. Karl

The Era Of Driverless Cars Offers Plenty Of Hazards

A GAO reports says federal transportation authorities have done little comprehensive planning for the advent of robot cars and trucks.

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Did Trump Presidency Trigger Movement Against Sexual Harassment? Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Did Trump Presidency Trigger Movement Against Sexual Harassment?

One of the most galling provocations is that the president acknowledged being a sexual predator and faced no consequences.

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In An Era Of Billionaire Media Moguls, Do Press Unions Stand A Chance? Wikimedia Commons/Nancy Wong

In An Era Of Billionaire Media Moguls, Do Press Unions Stand A Chance?

The closing of an entire business operation in response to a pro-union vote has taken confrontation to new heights in the industry.

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What The First Thanksgiving Dinner Actually Looked Like Winslow Homer, 'Right and Left' (1909), National Gallery of Art

What The First Thanksgiving Dinner Actually Looked Like

Turkey likely wasn’t on the menu, and there were definitely no mashed potatoes or pumpkin pie.

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Here’s Why Your Local TV News Is About To Get Even Worse Flickr: brizzle born and bred

Here’s Why Your Local TV News Is About To Get Even Worse

The FCC has decided local news stations no longer need to be accountable to their communities.

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