The story about how we started to think this way about food is closely linked to the rise of the potato as a national starch.
- By Robert Reich
Robert Reich explain how the wealthy and corporations receive billions in corporate welfare.
With the U.S.-China trade war intensifying, there is a lot of talk about whether tariffs save American jobs – as President Donald Trump claims – or destroy them.
Recently, the Ontario government proposed educational reforms that collectively amount to savings of almost $1 billion, according to an analysis by the charity People for Education.
A new report shows growth of dollar stores in low-income and rural communities furthers inequity and pushes out local businesses.
The current outbreak of measles has startled public health practitioners, who declared measles controlled over two decades ago.
The idea that has been passed around by most conservative and liberal government leaders and representatives is that little can be done for the people because "money" is in short supply.
Medical robots are helping doctors and other professionals save time, lower costs and shorten patient recovery times, but patients may not be ready.
While critics charge that charter schools are siphoning money away from public schools, a more fundamental issue frequently flies under the radar: the questionable business practices that allow people who own and run charter schools to make large profits.
There is a widespread perception that mental ill health is on the rise in the West, in tandem with a prolonged decline in collective well-being.
- By David Evans
Teacher strikes swept the United States in 2018, from West Virginia to Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, North Carolina and beyond.
- By Garth Paine
A sister company of Google, Alphabet’s Wing Aviation, just got federal approval to start using drones for commercial delivery.
Robots have been taking our jobs since the 1960s. So why are politicians and business leaders only now becoming so worried about robots causing mass unemployment?
The banking system is a source of great confusion for many people, How was fractional reserve Banking put together, what is the history of banking in the United States?
- By George Ball
From the valsartan blood pressure drug contamination that exposed thousands of patients to cancer-causing impurities, to a massive pacemaker recall undertaken to fix a hazardous software bug in half-a-million cardiac devices, health care product quality problems are ever-present and highly dangerous.
- By Robert Reich
Robert Reich debunks 12 misconceptions about tax policy in America.
In 1950, men and women at age 65 could expect to live about 11 years more on average. Today, that number has gone up to 17, and the United Nations forecasts that it will increase by about five more years by the end of the century.
- By Robert Reich
Robert Reich explains how the modern economy really works and what we can do expand economic opportunity. Watch More
Australia’s national minimum wage should become a “living wage”, according to a new campaign from the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). But what exactly is a living wage?
- By David Watts
“Digital ethics and privacy” shot into research and advisory company Gartner’s top ten strategic technology trends for 2019. Before that it barely raised a mention.
There has been an impressive expansion in school enrolment in India since the early 2000s. Despite this, India is in the midst of a “learning crisis”, with improvements in learning lagging behind increases in enrolment.
- By Anna Varela
Society’s expectations about gender roles alter the human brain at the cellular level, according to a new paper.
Every aspect of life can be guided by artificial intelligence algorithms – from choosing what route to take for your morning commute, to deciding whom to take on a date, to complex legal and judicial matters such as predictive policing.