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America’s Most Bicycle-Friendy Cities
The pandemic has created a cycling boom across much of the world and the U.S. is no exception. When the…
Press-Shy Presidents?
U.S. President Joe Biden is giving his first press conference today after 64 days in office. While the…
How Many Mass Shootings Does the U.S. Experience?
The horrific shooting at a Colorado supermarket, which left ten dead on Monday, is the second major lone…
What’s In The $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package?
President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package cleared its final hurdle in Congress on Wednesday despite no Republicans voting…
How 18 Million Americans Could Move Into Rural Areas – Without Leaving Home
About 46 million Americans – 14% of the nation’s inhabitants – are currently classified as living in rural…
Relief or stimulus: What’s the difference, and what it means for Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus package
The Biden administration and Congress are fast-tracking a US$1.9 trillion coronavirus package that includes aid for states, cities,…
Joe Biden Sends A Clear Message To The Watching World – America’s Back
Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path Two weeks after the storming…
Unity Is Impossible Without Accountability
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. took the oath of office shortly before noon Eastern time on Wednesday, and…
Save The Environment And Your Wallet With These Alternative Housing Ideas
Private homes make up a fourth of greenhouse (GHG) gas emissions in the United States. And with more…
Why Do Presidential Inaugurations Matter?
As one president’s term ends and another begins, there is a ceremony. Its importance is one of symbolism…
The age of Trump is over. Now the US must tackle its polarisation
In the past 20 years, hostility – fermented in a dislike and distrust of different groups – has…
This Is America
We’re not asking you to shoot them like you shoot us, we’re asking you to NOT shoot us…
Nearly Half of Republicans Approve of Capitol Riot
The U.S. Capitol building was stormed by an angry pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6. Overall, five people died as a…
Domestic Terrorism: A More Urgent Threat, But Weaker Laws
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Biden Won. Now Comes the Hard Part
The election is over. Joe Biden won, and by bigger popular vote and Electoral College margins than Donald Trump did…
‘Once you engage in political violence, it becomes easier to do it again’ – an expert on political violence reflects on events at the Capitol
Editor’s note: Ore Koren is a scholar of civil conflict and political violence. Before the November 2020 election,…
Red State, Blue State: How Colors Took Sides In Politics
When Americans hear some pundits projecting a “blue wave,” they understand that this is a prediction of a…
Six Charts That Reveal America’s Deep Divides
The 2020 race to the White House has been the most divisive for a generation. The campaign has…
How Every U.S. State Has Voted Since 1976
As Americans go to cast their votes, considerable uncertainty remains about which candidate will be elected president. However,…
For Donald Trump, His Defeat Will Be Fake News
Trump threatened to deny his defeat and challenged the ballot box because it probably won’t accommodate his desires.…
What It’s Like To Lose A Presidential Election
The American public may not find out who wins the presidential election on Nov. 3 or Nov. 4…
Here’s How US Presidents Get Elected (It’s Not By Winning The Most Votes)
If Americans could vote on their presidential electoral system, polls suggest they’d dump it. In the meantime, if all goes…
How The Electoral Votes Are Distributed
The result of the U.S. election hangs not on the total number of votes received by each candidate, but rather…
American Suburbs Radically Changed Over The Decades – And So Have Their Politics
Suburban voters in a number of areas are considered critical swing voters. The growing political stakes reflect the…
Trump’s COVID-19 Diagnosis: What Lies Ahead Could Include A Constitutional Crisis Over Succession
Since Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment on Oct. 2,…
The US Economy Is Reliant On Consumer Spending – Can It Survive A Pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically affected the American economy, reducing spending by American households on materials goods, air…
How Influential Are Economic Policies On The US Presidential Election Odds?
The US election is heating up with incumbent Donald Trump fighting to ‘win four more years’ against Democratic…
America’s Best-Selling Electric Cars In The First Half Of 2020
Tesla is still unsurprisingly the dominant force in America’s electric vehicle market and its Model 3 was the…
Trump Could Win Again (Without Cheating)
Liberal pundits often say that Donald Trump is on the wrong side of history. From this perspective, he’s…
Major American Cities See Sharp Spike In Murders
As the United States reels from coronavirus pandemic and its effects, homicides and violence are also on the…
Top 6 Reasons To Move To The USA
The world has become smaller in recent years due to globalization and this has meant that many people…
What Is Juneteenth And Why Are People Celebrating It?
What exactly happened on June 19? What is the reason why people are celebrating it? Juneteenth — a…
Who Came To America, And When?
Here are the key events which have shaped the United States’ long history of immigration. Among the defining…
A Month Before George Floyd’s Death, Black And White Americans Differed Sharply In Confidence In The Police
Racial differences in police confidence were observed before George Floyd’s death. Are they still present? A few weeks…
America’s Most Diverse, Mixed-Income Neighborhoods
]Which U.S. metro areas have the most people living in inclusive and diverse neighbourhoods? About seven million Americans…
2020’s Best And Worst US States For Women
It will take 99.5 years for the world to attain gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s…
Can We Rebuild The Country After Trump?
Can we rebuild the United States after President Trump is gone? And how would we do it? It’s…
12 Best Cities for Small Business in America Right Now
There are more than 30 million small businesses within the United States as of 2018. Small businesses create jobs for millions…
The Economic Impact Of Closing The Racial Wealth Gap
The United States is one of the world’s largest economic power and this is shown in the growth…
Five Reasons Why We Should Be Grateful To Donald Trump
People who are basically good sometimes cannot help doing evil. Conversely, an evil man cannot help doing some…
Why Global Talent Clusters Around Cities
For now, U.S. cities lead in attracting global talent, but cities across the world are coming on strong.…
Here Are The Real Boundaries Of American Metropolises, Decided By An Algorithm
How is the U.S. actually split geographically? When we think about where we live, usually our ideas start with…
How Zoning Laws Are Holding Back America’s Cities
Early city planners dreamt up elaborate ideas for America’s cities. But in their dreaming, they had forgotten the…
The Market Will Give Us Cleaner Energy, If We Let It
Market forces are giving Americans cheaper, cleaner energy. We would all be best served to let those forces…
America’s Best Otherworldly Landscapes
Since the beginning of time, man has wondered about other planets. Countries spend millions of dollars exploring the…
New Tech Only Benefits The Elite Until The People Demand More
The United States faces an infrastructure crisis. Report after report warns that the nation’s networks are old, brittle and vulnerable.…
The Story Behind The Star Spangled Banner
How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry inspired an anthem and made its way to the…
Love The Bus, Save Your City
Talk of the transportation future is focused on the next shiny thing. But one old technology is central…
Fewer Diplomats, More Armed Force Defines US Leadership Today
A strong legacy of U.S. leadership and engagement in global politics has been reduced today to what I…
How To Fix American Stupidity
When so many obviously intelligent and well-educated Americans claim that global warming is a “hoax”; when we seem obsessed with…