The Trump Team’s Controversial New Banking Rule
The Story:
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a bureau of the Treasury Department charged with regulating federally-insured banks, recently proposed a new...
The Politics of the Death of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
The Story:
As yet unidentified assailants killed Iranian nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, and three of his bodyguards, in Absard, a city near Tehran, the country's...
Biden’s Choice for the Secretary of State
The Story:
Joseph Biden, President Elect, announced this weekend that he will nominate Antony Blinken, a veteran of the Clinton and Obama administration, for his...
Health: The Roads Themselves are Air Pollutants
The Story:
When scientists recently looked at all the known sources of air pollution in the Los Angeles metro area (including of course automotive emissions)...
Big New Asian Trade Deal
The Story:
On November 15, representatives of 15 Asian countries signed a trade deal that is designed to create the world's largest-ever single market, the...
Joseph Biden has the Electoral Votes He Needs
The Story:
Some dust is finally settling over the hotly contested Presidential election this cycle, the one that pitted Former Vice President Joseph Biden (D)...
It Has Been a Long Campaign, But Election Day is Here!
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Welcome to election day, 2020. Between expanded mail-in voting and Covid-19 concerns, the election has been underway for weeks, but the traditional election...
The Election: We Won’t Know Until We Know
The Story:
Opinion polling is an applied science. Opinion polling as it relates to campaigns for President of the United States is the most visible...
Health: Biogen Invests in ALS Project
The Story:
Last week, pharmaceutical giant Biogen Inc. and start-up Scribe Therapeutics announced a joint project to develop therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also...
Health: Renee C. Fox, Rest in Peace
The Story:
One of the founders of the academic study of medical sociology, Renee C. Fox, passed away quietly last month at a hospice in...
