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Low-income homeowners hit by disasters may get less help from the government, as Trump administration nixes rules on fairness, community input and resilience

Ivis García, Texas A&M University

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When developing countries band together, lifesaving drugs become cheaper and easier to buy − with trade-offs

Lucy Xiaolu Wang, UMass Amherst and Nahim Bin Zahur, Queen's University, Ontario

What happens when aid is cut to a large refugee camp? Kenyan study paints a bleak picture

Olivier Sterck, University of Oxford and Vittorio Bruni, University of Oxford

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You’re probably richer than you think because of the safety net – but you’d have more of that hidden wealth if you lived in Norway

Robert Manduca, University of Michigan

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The Middle East is a major flight hub. How do airlines keep passengers safe during conflict?

Natasha Heap, University of Southern Queensland

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US safety net helps protect children from abuse and neglect, and some of those programs are threatened by proposed budget cuts

Todd Herrenkohl, University of Michigan; Kathryn Maguire-Jack, University of Michigan, and Rebeccah Sokol, University of Michigan

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Economics

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Federal R&D funding boosts productivity for the whole economy − making big cuts to such government spending unwise

Andrew Fieldhouse, Texas A&M University

If you really want to close the US trade deficit, try boosting innovation in rural manufacturing

Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Trump’s attacks on central bank threaten its independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)

Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University and Ana Carolina Garriga, University of Essex

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200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations

Marlene L. Daut, Yale University

200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations
Tourists are cancelling trips to the US – here’s how this could affect its economy

Ross Bennett-Cook, Leeds Beckett University

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Business

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No country for old business owners: Economic shifts create a growing challenge for America’s aging entrepreneurs

Nancy Forster-Holt, University of Rhode Island

Companies haven’t stopped hiring, but they’re more cautious, according to the 2025 College Hiring Outlook Report

Murugan Anandarajan, Drexel University

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Public health and private equity: What the Walgreens buyout could mean for the future of pharmacy care

Patrick Aguilar, Washington University in St. Louis and Peter Boumgarden, Washington University in St. Louis

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How emotions rule every stage of the entrepreneurial process

Florencio Portocarrero, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Young food entrepreneurs are changing the face of rural America

Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University

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Work

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Observers of workplace mistreatment react as strongly as the victims − at times with a surprising amount of victim blaming

Jason Colquitt, University of Notre Dame

Air traffic controller shortages partly reflect long, intense training − but university-based training programs are becoming part of the solution

Melanie Dickman, The Ohio State University and Brian Strzempkowski, The Ohio State University

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Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping those folks find jobs

Anne Whitesell, Miami University

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The one-size-fits-all diversity training model is broken – here’s a better alternative

Radostina Purvanova, Drake University

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I’m a business professor who asked dozens of former students how they define success. Here are their lessons for today’s grads

Patrick Abouchalache, Boston University

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Finance

I’ve studied faiths and cultures around the world. Here’s how finance can be made more inclusive and sustainable

Atul K. Shah, City St George's, University of London

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Decentralized finance is booming − and so are the security risks. Here are the most common mistakes people make

Mingyi Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology

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African countries shouldn’t have to borrow money to fix climate damage they never caused – economist

Carlos Lopes, University of Cape Town

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Rating agencies and Africa: the absence of people on the ground contributes to bias against the continent – analyst

Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town

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Philanthropy and nonprofits

Charitable giving grew to $593B in 2024, buoyed by a strengthening U.S. economy and booming stock market

Jon Bergdoll, Indiana University and Christina Daniken, Indiana University

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Outsourcing cost of ‘impact’ data could mean 13% more bang for every charitable buck

George E. Mitchell, Baruch College, CUNY

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AmeriCorps is on the chopping block – despite research showing that it makes a difference in communities

Pamela Paxton, The University of Texas at Austin

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Nonprofit news media leaders are struggling to stop leaning on the foundations that say they should branch out more

Katherine Fink, Pace University

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Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country’s ethnic minorities

Shukriya Bradost, Virginia Tech

Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country’s ethnic minorities
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Nuclear scientists have long been targets in covert ops – Israel has brought that policy out of the shadows

Jenna Jordan, Georgia Institute of Technology and Rachel Whitlark, Georgia Institute of Technology

Nuclear scientists have long been targets in covert ops – Israel has brought that policy out of the shadows