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How is Your Brain Wired? To Say ‘Yes’ to Opioids.

March 19, 2018

The mid-1980s was the era of cocaine and marijuana, when “Just Say No” was the centerpiece of the war on drugs and the government’s efforts to stem drug use and addiction. Since then, prescription opioids hav...

Tillerson’s Firing and Pompeo’s Rise Make Mideast War More Likely

The Conversation

March 15, 2018

After U.S. president Donald Trump fired his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, many analysts have focused on how this high-level ouster took place: unceremoniously, on Twitter, not in a face-to-face meeting. ...

Gun Control? It Takes More Than Walkouts & High Poll Numbers.

The Conversation

March 14, 2018

Why doesn’t the government do what the people want? After the recent deadly shooting at a Florida high school, many Americans are asking that question about the federal government’s firearms policy. Recent p...

Astronomer Martin Rees Looks Back at Stephen Hawking’s Success Against All Odds

The Conversation

March 14, 2018

Soon after I enrolled as a graduate student at Cambridge University in 1964, I encountered a fellow student, two years ahead of me in his studies, who was unsteady on his feet and spoke with great difficulty. T...

Read This to Pick the Upsets and a Perfect NCAA Bracket

The Conversation

March 13, 2018

“Beware the Ides of March.” Yes, it’s finally that time of year again: When the emperors of college basketball must watch their backs, lest the lowly bottom seeds of the tournament strike. Opinion ...

Want to Shed Jobs & Hurt Consumers? Impose Tariffs.

The Conversation

March 12, 2018

On March 8, the president slapped a 25 percent tariff on the metal, while also putting a 10 percent duty on foreign aluminum. After initially suggesting there’d be no exceptions, Trump promised to be “very flex...

International Women’s Day: Few Women Oversee U.S. Companies. Here’s How to Change That.

The Conversation

March 8, 2018

Women’s participation in the labor force has soared over the past 50 years, rising from 32 percent in 1948 to 56.7 percent as of January. Yet those gains have not translated into the U.S. corporate boardroom...

Want a Powerful Economy? Support the DREAM Act.

The Conversation

March 6, 2018

The final day for an Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was set to be Monday, March 5. In 2017, President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced they...

Why You Should Vote for a Woman in 2018

The Conversation

March 2, 2018

This year, women are poised to make great gains in congressional representation. OPINION Jeffrey Lazarus Amy Steigerwalt Across the country, women are running for office in greater n...

Trump’s ‘America First’ Tariffs? They’re Bad for U.S. Economy.

The Conversation

March 1, 2018

President Donald Trump finally appears poised to make good on his promised threats to slam the door on free trade and erect walls around the country’s economy. Citing the need to protect national security, h...

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