Planets & Transits
New Moon in Leo August 12, 2026
The New Moon arrives in Leo August 12 at 8:36 PM UTC, and with it comes a singular...
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- Written by: Robert Massa
Cincinnati Christian College is one of a growing number of colleges and universities – 21 private colleges since 2016 – forced to close their doors for financial reasons. The trend has affected the public sector, too. At least 33 public colleges – including community colleges – have consolidated within their state systems or merged with other institutions since 2016.
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- Written by: Jane Bolin, et al
Presidential candidates and other politicians have talked about the rural health crisis in the U.S., but they are not telling rural Americans anything new.
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- Written by: Nicole Hallett
Critics would have you believe that upping the minimum wage in restaurants will lead to massive layoffs and closures. But since raising the minimum wageto US$15 per hour nearly a year ago, the restaurant industry in New York City has thrived.
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- Written by: Jay L. Zagorsky
Halloween spending is out of control. Americans are expected to spend US$8.8 billion on candy, costumes and decorations this year
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- Written by: Toby Phillips
In 1930, a year into the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes sat down to write about the economic possibilities of his grandchildren.
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- Written by: Washington University in St. Louis
A new way to help lenders make better loan decisions uses the words corporate executives speak on quarterly earnings calls to assess investment risks
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- Written by: Ellen Brown
President Trump wants negative interest rates, but they would be disastrous for the U.S. economy, and his objectives can be better achieved by other means.
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- Written by: Kerry McDonald
The factory model of education is outdated, so what's next? - Conventional schooling was largely designed with an industrial-revolution mindset.
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- Written by: Lisa Bero
Over the last two decades, industry funding for medical research has increased globally, while government and non-profit funding has decreased.
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- Written by: Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage
Economic inequality is high and rising. At the same time, many governments are struggling to balance budgets while maintaining spending for popular programs.
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- Written by: Gregory N. Price
In 2010, two economists claimed that graduates of historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, suffer a “wage penalty” – that is, they earn relatively less than they would had they gone to a non-HBCU.
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- Written by: David Campbell
As with previous disasters, millions of Americans are trying to figure out the best way to use their money to help people recover.
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- Written by: Dr. Sajeda Tuli
Migration is getting increasing attention in Australia, with the Morrison government recently putting the focus on settling migrants in regional areas to ease pressure on the capital cities.
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- Written by: Alexander Kurov
Although the U.S. economy continues to grow and add jobs, talk of a recession is increasingly in the air due to a number of worrying signs.
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- Written by: Nick Lehr
In sociologist Jennifer Silva’s first book, “Coming Up Short,” she interviewed working-class young adults in Lowell, Mass., and Richmond, Virginia.
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- Written by: Marick Masters
Collective bargaining has long been one of organized labor’s most attractive selling points.
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- Written by: Hilary Hurd Anyaso
Americans no longer regard women as less competent than men on average, according to a nationally representative study of gender stereotypes in the United States.
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- Written by: Benjamin Waddell
Escaping violence, war, poverty and environmental disaster, more people than ever are migrating worldwide. Some 258 million people – 3.4% of the global population – live outside their country of birth.
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- Written by: Neil Schoenherr
Efforts to decrease gender inequality, such as tuition-free primary education and paid parental leave, transform norms and improve health for women and their children, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Carly Graf
In the shadow of Monte Pirucho, once a place of worship for the Taino tribe, Tara Rodríguez Besosa pulls a long, spiny plant from the bed of a small community garden and begins plucking its leaves.
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- Written by: Peter A Coclanis
Whether it was the physicist Niels Bohr or the baseball player Yogi Berra who said it – or, most likely, someone else – it is indeed hard to make predictions, especially about the future.
