US exit from the World Health Organization marks a new era in global health policy – here’s what the US, and world, will lose
The U.S.-WHO collaboration has been critical in the country’s response to mpox, shown here, as...
Month: January 2026
3 things to know about Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nod for Fed chair
Kevin Warsh has been tapped by Donald Trump to lead the Federal Reserve. AP Photo/Alastair...
I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles
U.S. Border Patrol agents stand guard at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis,...
Short on resources, special educators are using AI – with little knowledge of the effects
In special education in the U.S., funding is scarce and personnel shortages are pervasive, leaving...
US military action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global nuclear cascade
Iranian youths walk past a building covered with a giant billboard depicting an image of...
How the Supreme Court might protect the Fed’s independence by using employment law in Trump v. Cook
Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook leaves the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 21, 2026,...
Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities
In Detroit, Mich., volunteers with the Detroit People’s Assembly put together whistle kits designed to...
Winter storms don’t have to be deadly – here’s how to stay safe before, during and after one hits
A powerful winter storm that swept across the United States in late January 2026, leaving...
Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses – and a quiet form of deregulation
In December 2025, the Trump administration accelerated the process of reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I...
ICE not only looks and acts like a paramilitary force – it is one, and that makes it harder to curb
As the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement have intensified over the past year, politicians...
