5 years on from its first COVID lockdown, NZ faces hard economic choices – but rebuilding trust must come first
Phil Walter/Getty ImagesFive years after New Zealand’s first COVID-19 lockdown, it is clear there will be no going back to t...
How a lone judge can block a Trump order nationwide – and why, from DACA to DOGE, this judicial check on presidents’ power is shaping how the government works
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to limit judges' power to issue what legal experts call 'nationwide prelimina...
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs are the highest in decades − an economist explains how that could hurt the US
President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping new tariff plan on April 2, 2025, to reshape U.S. trade and boost domestic industry. Fr...
Why tattoos are such an unreliable marker of gang membership
Tattoos of crowns and roses are popular among everyone – not just members of Tren de Aragua, as law enforcement has claimed...
Lessons from El Salvador for US university leaders facing attacks from Trump
Salvadorans participate in a procession on Nov. 14, 2015, to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the murder of the Rev. …
Lowering the cost of insurance in Colorado – a new analysis of the Peak Health Alliance
Health insurance premiums have continued to rise in the U.S.MoMo Productions/GettyImagesA community-led partnership in C…
Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans − some because they don’t get to choose
Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage – the priv…
Susan Monarez, Trump’s nominee for CDC director, faces an unprecedented and tumultuous era at the agency
The Trump administration laid off thousands more employees at the CDC on April 1, 2025, as part of its workforce reducti…
From business exports to veteran care − here’s what some of the 35,000 federal workers in the Philadelphia region do
Federal layoffs have affected employees at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia.Ryan Collerd/AFP via Ge…
Vitamin D builds your bones and keeps your gut sealed, among many other essential functions − but many children are…
Most people in the U.S. get their vitamin D from Sun exposure.Stockbyte/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesYou’ve likel…
Trump’s trade war will hurt everyone – from Cambodian factories to US online shoppers
It had the hallmarks of a reality TV cliffhanger. Until recently, many people had never even heard of tariffs. Now, ther…
New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs – with the US hit hardest
Getty ImagesWe now have a clearer picture of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs and how they will…
US tariffs will upend global trade. This is how Australia can respond
Lukas Coch/AAP,The Conversation, CC BYUS President Donald Trump has imposed a range of tariffs on all products entering …
Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
Planned Parenthood clinics, like this one in Los Angeles, are located across the United States.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via…
Chinese barges and Taiwan Strait drills are about global power projection − not just a potential invasion
A Mulberry Harbour for the 21st century.Image from video posted on Weibo via Chinese state media.Is China intent on a D-…
Feeling FOMO for something that’s not even fun? It’s not the event you’re missing, it’s the bonding
They had so much fun without me.Milko/E+ via Getty ImagesImagine you’ve planned the trip of a lifetime for your an…
23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much…
For companies like 23andMe, consumers are as much the product as the DNA test kits.Veronika Oliinyk/iStock via Getty Ima…
Research shows that a majority of Christian religious leaders accept the reality of climate change but have never mentioned it…
A multi-faith assembly of religious leaders and lay people in Manhattan in 2023 protest investments in fossil fuel.Erik …