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Whose votes count the least in the Electoral College?

  • Written by Dale R. Durran, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington
imageWeighing up your votesnorthcharleston/flickr, CC BY

In the days following the 2016 presidential election, many pundits and voters alike were stunned by the disparity between the popular vote, which went for Hillary Clinton, and the Electoral College, which favored Donald Trump.

If the president were elected by popular vote, every voter’s...

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Upgrading our infrastructure: Targeting repairs for locks, dams and bridges

  • Written by Hussam N. Mahmoud, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director, Structural Laboratory, Colorado State University
imageMaintenance work on Lock and Dam 8 on the Mississippi River near Genoa, Wisconsin.Patrick Moes, USACE/Flickr, CC BY

For the second time in a row, America’s infrastructure has earned a grade of D+ from the American Society of Civil Engineers. ASCE issues these report cards every four years, grading the state of U.S. bridges, dams, parks,...

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What's the purpose of President Trump's Navy?

  • Written by Simon Reich, Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University Newark
imageThe USS Gerald Ford in Newport News, Virginia, cost nearly $13 billion to build. AP Photo/Steve Helber

President Trump visited Newport News at the beginning of March to deliver a speech aboard the soon-to-be commissioned USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. It provided a timely reminder of his campaign pledge that he would increase the size of the...

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Could the individual insurance market collapse in some states? Here's how that could happen

  • Written by Bill Custer, Director of Center for Health Services Reseach, Associate Professor, Georgia State University

Much of the early analysis of the Republicans’ American Health Care Act (AHCA) has focused on the change in subsidies for people purchasing coverage in the individual health insurance market. The plan does away with subsidies and instead offers tax credits to help people pay for health insurance.

While the change is important, it may be a...

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Why prison building will continue booming in rural America

  • Written by John M. Eason, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
imageThe federal prison in Forrest City, Arkansas.AP Photo/Danny Johnston

The election of Donald Trump signals an end to the recent optimism about reducing the mass imprisonment of two million U.S. citizens each year.

Trump supports policies like the immigrant ban and increased stop-and-frisk that will undoubtedly lead to more arrests and strain an...

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Curbing climate change has a dollar value — here's how and why we measure it

  • Written by Joseph Aldy, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University
imageCoal train in Missouri. Assigning a social cost to carbon emissions puts a price on activities that generate them, such as burning fossil fuels.Scott Granneman/Flickr, CC BY-SA

President Trump is expected to issue an executive order soon to reverse Obama-era rules to cut carbon pollution, including a moratorium on leasing public lands for coal...

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Mixing glitter and protest to support LGBTQ rights

  • Written by Anya M. Galli Robertson, Doctoral Candidate in Sociology, University of Maryland
imageOn Ash Wednesday 2017 glitter was used to show support for LGBTQ rights. Parity , CC BY

On Ash Wednesday, March 1, a number of churches and Christian groups in the U.S. blended purple glitter into the blessed ashes before applying them to the foreheads of Christians to mark the beginning of Lent.

The use of glitter was intended as a display of...

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3.14 essential reads about pi; for Pi Day

  • Written by Jeff Inglis, Editor, Science + Technology, The Conversation
imageWe need just a little more party hat...Yelp/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories.

On March 14, or 3/14, mathematicians and other obscure-holiday aficionados celebrate Pi Day, honoring π, the Greek symbol representing an irrational number that begins with 3.14. Pi, as schoolteachers everywhere...

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The House health plan: Here's how the numbers don't add up for the poor

  • Written by Megan Foster Friedman, Health Policy Analyst, University of Michigan
imageMelva Watt, right, senior Medicaid interviewer, assists a patient with her application for Medicaid through the New York State Marketplace. Julie Jacobson/AP

House Republicans introduced the American Health Care Act (AHCA), their proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare).

At a press conference, Speaker...

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How disaster relief efforts could be improved with game theory

  • Written by Anna Nagurney, John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst

The number of disasters has doubled globally since the 1980s, with the damage and losses estimated at an average US$100 billion a year since the new millennium, and the number of people affected also growing.

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was the costliest natural disaster in the U.S., with estimates between $100 billion and $125 billion. The death...

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  3. Neil Gorsuch and the First Amendment: Questions the Senate Judiciary Committee should ask
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  5. Now under attack, EPA's work on climate change has been going on for decades
  6. Why we should not know our own passwords
  7. Is the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization?
  8. Six years after Fukushima, much of Japan has lost faith in nuclear power
  9. If men are favored in our society, why do they die younger than women?
  10. House plan to replace Obamacare 'has Republican DNA,' especially regarding mandate
  11. From the mundane to the divine, some of the best-designed products of all time
  12. Largest deportation campaign in US history is no match for Trump's plan
  13. Want to help Chicago's youth? Pay more attention to the effect of violence on police
  14. The WikiLeaks CIA release: When will we learn?
  15. Why Trump’s 'skinny' budget is already dead
  16. We don't need to double world food production by 2050 – here's why
  17. A look at the House health care plan through the lens of faith, hope and charity
  18. Despite differences in culture, US and India fall short in childbirth in similar ways
  19. How 'cannibalism' by breast cancer cells promotes dormancy: A possible clue into cancer recurrence
  20. Scientific theories aren't mere conjecture – to survive they must work
  21. Here's why your gut instinct is wrong at work – and how to know when it isn't
  22. Draining the swamp: A guide for outsiders and career politicians
  23. How to use digital devices this Lent for holy reflection
  24. How the US military is using 'violent, chaotic, beautiful' video games to train soldiers
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  26. What fax machines can teach us about electric cars
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  28. Trump's immigration executive orders: The demise of due process and discretion
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  33. How traditional medicine can play a key role in Latino health care
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  35. How our morals might politically polarize just about anything
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  40. Communicating climate change: Focus on the framing, not just the facts
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