TUSTIN — Cynthia Williams is furious with U.S. House Republicans willing to slash Medicaid, the government-run insurance program for people…
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US trade wars with China – and how they play out in Africa
By Lauren Johnston, University of Sydney Since taking office, US president Donald Trump has implemented policies that have been notably…
Pepfar funding to fight HIV/Aids has saved 26 million lives since 2003: how cutting it will hurt Africa
By Eric Friedman, Georgetown University; Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown University, and Sarah Wetter, Georgetown University The US President’s Emergency Plan…
GOP lawmakers commit to big spending cuts, putting Medicaid under a spotlight – but trimming the low-income health insurance program would be hard
By Paul Shafer, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston UniversityEfforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cuts have…
We study mass surveillance for social control, and we see Trump laying the groundwork to ‘contain’ people of color and immigrants
By Brittany Friedman, University of Southern California and Raquel Delerme, University of Southern California President Donald Trump has vowed to…
15 million South Africans don’t get enough to eat every day: 4 solutions
By Stephen Devereux, Institute of Development Studies; Busiso Moyo, University of the Western Cape, and Mark Heywood, University of Cape…
More Americans of all political stripes support government benefits for low-income people − and Black Lives Matter could be a big reason why
By Karyn Vilbig, New York University For all the apparent division over Black Lives Matter, the movement may have had…
Philadelphia continues long history of Black-led protest meetings aimed at fighting racial inequity and prejudice
By Linn Washington, Jr., Temple University A meeting in Philadelphia, held at a senior center on a bitter cold Saturday…
Anti-DEI guidance from Trump administration misinterprets the law and guts educators’ free speech rights
By Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst and Rebecca Hamlin, UMass Amherst The Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, equity and…
Cutting Medicaid and federal programs are among 4 key Trump administration policy changes that could make life harder for disabled people
By Matthew Borus, Binghamton University, State University of New York While policy debates on immigration, abortion and other issues took…
