What’s Next for the Minimum Wage Debate?
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which became law in mid-March, left out the mandate to increase the federal…
March 31, 2021 3342 Results
Survey Shows Texans Don’t Like Warren Buffett’s $8 Billion Texas Power Plan
Despite the demand for policies that mitigate the impact of severe weather, a majority of Texans seem opposed to one that…
March 30, 2021 
How Texans Stop Pain With a Plant: Findings From a Survey of Medical Cannabis Users
Restrictions in Texas' medical cannabis law keep most of the state's patients from participating. Our survey of 2,866 Texas…
March 30, 2021 
Development of Machine Learning Algorithms for the Prediction of Financial Toxicity in Localized Breast Cancer Following Surgical Treatment
The authors sought to develop and test a tool that accurately predicts the unique financial burden to individual patients…
March 26, 2021 
Retirement Savings in the U.S.: Recent Policy Developments and Initiatives
A substantial number of Americans remain unprepared for retirement, despite past policy support and tax incentives to…
March 25, 2021 
Markets Trump Policy, Again
The U.S. oil, gas and coal industry largely rose and fell based on global economic and energy market conditions rather than…
March 25, 2021 
SF6: The Little Gas That Could ... Make Global Warming Worse
The atmospheric concentration of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) — the most potent greenhouse gas known to humanity and a chemical…
March 25, 2021 
The Quest for Elusive Reform: Undocumented Immigrants in a Polarized Nation
In this paper, the author examines past attempts at immigration reform in the United States, especially as they pertain to…
March 24, 2021 
Part Two: Robinhood Trading and the GameStop Frenzy
In late January 2021, the stock price of GameStop skyrocketed, causing the online trading platform Robinhood to suspend…
March 23, 2021 
The Coming Confrontation: Mexico and the U.S. on a Collision Course on Trade
The relationship between President Joe Biden and Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has not been easy, and…
March 23, 2021