“Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams and Recent Policy Developments: Part 2 October 13, 2022
For many years, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has compiled an annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax schemes in an effort to…
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The Fed Will Continue to Raise Interest Rates. But How High Will They Go? October 13, 2022
The Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy is a major source of uncertainty for market participants. Already, the stock…
Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Claudio X. González Center for the US and Mexico | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Report
How Can We Protect “Climate Refugees”? As climate change becomes an increasingly prominent driver of migration, this report investigates possible pathways to…
October 13, 2022 
Potential Cost Impacts of Relaxing Childhood Vaccine Requirements in Texas
Expert Heidi Russell analyzes the economic impacts of relaxing vaccination requirements for children and finds that as…
October 12, 2022 
Testimony for Texas House of Representatives, Criminal Justice Reform, Interim Study Committee
On October 12, 2022, Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy, testified before the Texas…
October 12, 2022 
Why Putin is Doubling Down in Ukraine
Russia is losing the war in Ukraine, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, faced with this truth, has decided to double down…
October 11, 2022 
An Early Comparison of Prices at 3 Major Texas Medical Center Hospitals
A comparison of the prices at three major Houston hospitals — Houston Methodist, St. Luke’s Health and Memorial Hermann —…
October 10, 2022 
The Many Challenges Facing Arati Prabhakar as She Takes Over Biden’s Science Policy Office October 6, 2022
Arati Prabhakar has been sworn in as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and assistant to the president…
Red Light, Green Deal, Yellow Light: Biden’s Energy Roadmap
Political, market and geopolitical headwinds have slowed down Biden’s ambitious climate plans, write energy experts Anna…
October 5, 2022 
A New Weapon in the Anti-Vaccine Arsenal: Claiming the Unvaccinated as a Protected Class
Anti-vaccine advocates have been deploying a new tactic: pushing for unvaccinated individuals to become a protected group…
October 3, 2022