Public Policy

Your Eyes May Widen at What Ted Cruz Designates as ‘Woke’
Investment
March 4, 2025

Your Eyes May Widen at What Ted Cruz Designates as ‘Woke’

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Two Legal Scholars Unpack Trump’s Anti-DEI Guidance to Higher Ed
Public Policy
February 27, 2025

Two Legal Scholars Unpack Trump’s Anti-DEI Guidance to Higher Ed

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What Does RFK’s Confirmation Tell Us About the US and Health Care?
Public Policy
February 16, 2025

What Does RFK’s Confirmation Tell Us About the US and Health Care?

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Tracking Current Federal Changes Affecting U.S. Education and Science
Resources
February 13, 2025

Tracking Current Federal Changes Affecting U.S. Education and Science

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Those ‘Indirect Costs’ Targeted by DOGE Directly Support America’s Research Excellence

Those ‘Indirect Costs’ Targeted by DOGE Directly Support America’s Research Excellence

Biomedical research in the U.S. is world-class in part because of a long-standing partnership between universities and the federal government. On Feb. […]

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What Would Be the Point of Abolishing the US Education Department? An Anthropologist Explains

What Would Be the Point of Abolishing the US Education Department? An Anthropologist Explains

UPDATE: On February 10, the Department of Government Efficiency, of DOGE, posted on X both that “Today, the Department of Education terminated […]

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Palestine – Donald Trump’s Vietnam?

Palestine – Donald Trump’s Vietnam?

The United States is (mostly) a great country. I have many friends there. My profession has given me opportunities to visit, travel […]

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Taking Stock of the Biden Administration’s Approach to Science Policy

Taking Stock of the Biden Administration’s Approach to Science Policy

President Joe Biden was inaugurated in January 2021 amid a devastating pandemic, with over 24 million COVID-19 cases and more than 400,000 […]

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The Age of Information Oligarchs

The Age of Information Oligarchs

David Canter compares the influence of 19th century oligarchs to those of today.

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Should the USA Pull Out of the World Health Organization?

Should the USA Pull Out of the World Health Organization?

It is widely reported that one of the first acts of the incoming Trump administration will be to withdraw from the World […]

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Eleventh Edition of The Evidence: Why Don’t CPR Dummies Have Breasts? 

Eleventh Edition of The Evidence: Why Don’t CPR Dummies Have Breasts? 

In this month’s issue of The Evidence newsletter, Josephine Lethbridge examines the overlooked gender bias in CPR training equipment.  While attending mandatory […]

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Janet Currie on Improving Our Children’s Futures

Janet Currie on Improving Our Children’s Futures

There is a natural desire on the part of governments to ensure that their future citizens — i.e. their nation’s children — […]

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