High inflation and interest rates are eating away at the foundations of the Russian economy and sapping its growth. By hitting its most important sectors, and its essential source of foreign hard cash, new US legislation would pile enormous pressure on the Kremlin just when it is urgently needed.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Federal Efforts to Recover Overpayments of COVID-19 Relief Early in the pandemic, the federal government prioritized swiftly distributing checks to businesses and workers to help meet the urgent needs they face because of economic disruptions. But this quick action put billions of dollars at increased risk of fraud and overpayment. Now…
Thursday, January 8, 2026 Water Recycling Program Could Help Drought-Stricken Communities In some parts of the United States, growing populations and prolonged droughts are straining water supplies. Large-scale water recycling could offer these communities a solution to their shortages. In a new report, we looked at the status of these efforts and their challenges. We’ll…
This paper explores how diagnostic thresholds and a written consent requirement affect decision making between patients and transplant surgeons regarding the use of deceased donor kidneys. Combining administrative data on the universe of organ donors and transplant recipients in the United States, we show that age-based discontinuities within the Expanded Criteria Donor system (ECD), which…
Picture the scene. It’s August in New York and international negotiators are meeting to continue moves to ensure that multinational companies are finally required to pay taxes according to where their real economic activity takes place. Only one country is missing from around the table – the United States. Despite physically hosting the discussion, the…
Quebec lost residents to rest of Canada for 30 years straight beng Mon, 07/06/2026 – 14:57 EST. READ TIME 3 MIN. In Canada, where people can move between provinces in search of higher living standards and new opportunities, migration patterns can indicate the relative success or failure of provinces. And as noted in a new…
Last month, the Long Beach Post reported on teachers who were being hit, bitten, kicked, headbutted, and bruised. One student struck a teacher so hard that he sent her to the emergency room and permanently altered her vision. The number of severe workers’ comp claims in Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) is increasing year after year. LBUSD is no outlier; it parallels…
WASHINGTON, DC—US President Donald Trump has long argued that he could easily end the war that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Unfortunately, the results of his attempts to intervene have not been decisive, and Russia’s brutal aggression continues to exact a growing civilian toll.