By Chris Parker Article Reprint In 2009, President Barack Obama set out to deactivate the next bomb awaiting the U.S. economy, the one ticking inside our bloated, beleaguered health system.
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Austin police chief is angry that people are angry about police misbehavior
By: Mark Frauenfelder Article Reprint Cops across America really don’t want you to jaywalk. In San Diego they doled out 328 tickets (on a single day!), in New York they bloodied an 84-year-old who crossed
Read moreMarshall Islands sues 9 nuclear powers, including US and Russia, over failure to disarm nuclear stockpiles
By: Xeni Jardin Article Reprint The Marshall Islands is suing the nine known nations with nuclear weapons at the international court of justice at The Hague, over charges they have violated their legal obligation to
Read moreConstitution Check: What does it mean that there is a right to “bear” guns?
Lyle Denniston looks at two Second Amendment cases under consideration at the Supreme Court later this month that would clarify questions posed by the National Rifle Association. By Lyle Denniston Article Reprint THE STATEMENT AT
Read moreWhat NAEP Tells Us About How Much America Cares About Black Children
By Michael Holzman Article Submission The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is considered the best barometer of how well schools are educating our nation’s children. The latest results are no cause for celebration. They show a
Read moreHow Anti-Poverty Programs Marginalize Fathers
Based on decades-old stereotypes that unmarried dads are “deadbeats,” the majority of welfare programs almost exclusively serve women and children. By ELIZABETH STUART Article Submission The 10-month-old twins call Frandy “Da Da.” He changes their
Read moreTwo-Thirds of Criminals Released from Prison are Rearrested within 3 Years
By: Noel Brinkerhoff Article Reprint Recidivism among prisoners is still quite common in the United States, with 67.8% winding up back behind bars within three years of being released.
Read moreIRS Paid Bonuses to 1,100 Employees who Underpaid or Didn’t Pay Their Own Taxes
By: Noel Brinkerhoff Article Reprint The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) awarded more than a thousand workers with cash bonuses even though they hadn’t paid their taxes or underpaid them.
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