D. Brian Blank, Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University Brandy Hadley, Associate Professor of Finance and the David A. Thompson Distinguished Scholar of Applied Investments, Appalachian State University The case of Sam Bankman-Fried, who was sentenced on March 28, 2024, to 25…
Beverly Law, Oregon State University and William Moomaw, Tufts University Forests are critically important for slowing climate change. They remove huge quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – 30% of all…
Mark Satta, Wayne State University On March 2, 2023, Tennessee became the first state to enact a law restricting drag performances. This law is part of a larger push by Republican lawmakers…
David Cuillier, University of Arizona The U.S. faces far more threats to its national security than from spy balloons or classified documents discovered in former and current presidents’ homes. About 50 million…
Karen Musalo, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco Anticipating a potential surge of migrants at the southern border, the Biden administration on Feb. 21, 2023, announced a crackdown on…
Kelsy Burke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Tyler Lefevor, Utah State University In 2022, Republican politicians proposed over 150 bills limiting trans rights in state legislatures across the country. By February 2023, the…
Michael F. Gorman, University of Dayton Less than two weeks after train cars filled with hazardous chemicals derailed in Ohio and caught fire, a truck carrying nitric acid crashed on a major…
David Riedman, University of Central Florida and James Densley, Metropolitan State University A gunman opened fire at Michigan State University on Feb. 13, 2023, killing three people and injuring five others before…
Ian T. Adams, University of South Carolina and Seth W. Stoughton, University of South Carolina The officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols were not your everyday uniformed patrol officers.…
Michael Humphries, Touro University It’s a case of déjà vu all over again on the debt ceiling debate. Republicans, who regained control of the House of Representatives in November 2022, are threatening…
Gerald P. Dwyer, Clemson University Consumers and businesses aren’t the only ones feeling the pain of higher borrowing costs because of Federal Reserve rate hikes. Uncle Sam is too. The U.S. government…