By Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst
Michal Horný, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, UMass Amherst
The US health insurance system requires that people make strategic and often risky decisions about how much health insurance they can afford and how much coverage they might need.
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By Adam Stanaland, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond
Andrea Vial, Assistant Professor of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi
Children learn what it means to be a woman or a man early on. How they respond to threats to how well they conform to gender stereotypes changes with age.
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By Andrew Garin, Associate Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
Brian K. Kovak, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Yuan An, Ph.D. Student in Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
If you’ve ever ordered food through DoorDash, Uber Eats or Instacart, you may have realized the person who delivers it isn’t a salaried employee. They’re gig workers – independent contractors who pick up delivery tasks through an app, get paid per delivery and have no guaranteed hours, benefits or minimum wage protections.
Policymakers in several cities have tried to change that.
Seattle is a good example. In January 2024, the…
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By Beth Kania-Gosche, Professor of Education, Missouri University of Science and Technology
I live in the small city of Rolla, Missouri, where half the child care centers have closed in the past six years. In the past year, my state has lost 1,771 child care slots due to closures.
This problem isn’t isolated to Rolla – child care providers are closing in other rural areas. Some of the challenges these centers face are widespread. U.S. child care workers…
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By Philip Landrigan, Professor of Biology, Boston College
Ella Whitman, Medical Student, University of Vermont
A new study linking Pittsburgh’s air pollution to thousands of deaths each year has been published just as the EPA moves to weaken pollution standards.
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By Morgan Bazilian, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines
Adam Charles Simon, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan
There’s lots of copper in the ground, but demand is already outstripping usable supply – and the shortfall is likely to get worse.
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By Andrea Hickerson, Dean and Professor, School of Journalism and New Media, University of Mississippi
In the face of little information, or misinformation, about the war in Iran, media literacy can prove a valuable tool to assess what’s happening on the ground.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the killings and injuries of dozens of healthcare workers and first responders in Lebanon since 2 March 2026, amid escalating attacks by the Israeli military and its allegations – without providing evidence – that ambulances and healthcare sites are being used for military activities and may be targeted, Kristine Beckerle, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said: “Israel is deploying the same deadly playbook it used in 2024 in Lebanon to kill dozens […] The post Lebanon: Israel must halt attacks on healthcare workers, medical facilities and…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
In a time of economic uncertainty, just how bold will Jim Chalmers be? Or how bold will Anthony Albanese let him be?
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By Adesewa Olofinko
For decades, economic opportunity was often tied to migration. Today, millions of Africans are plugging directly into global commerce from their homes and building careers that span continents.
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