Wrong-to-Carry Laws
States passed right-to-carry laws under the expectation that they would decrease crimes. Evidence now contradicts the basic premise of right-to-carry laws.
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Double Down on Double up
In 2009, Michigan began the Double Up Food Bucks program, expanding options for SNAP beneficiaries to spend on fruits and vegetables.
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Paw-sible Benefits of Dogs
Whether essential social support and companionship from dogs extends to significant changes in human well-being or mental health remains relatively unknown.
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The White Picket Fence
The gap between White and Black homeowners has reached its widest margin in 50 years, underscoring the need for new, transformative legislation and action.
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Thirsty for Safe Water at School
There is room for improvement across the country in both urban and rural schools to better their water access and testing standards.
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Healthy Herbivores
Availability of vegetarian options in cafeterias promoted healthier diets. The move would lower emissions of human-generated greenhouse gases if scaled.
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What Our Use Will Produce
How we act today will determine whether antibiotics can still be successfully used in the future as the threat of antimicrobial resistance grows.
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Vaccine Hesitancy Is Still Trending
Vaccine advocates are drowning out vaccine denouncers. Very few are engaging others and changing opinions as tweeters exist in separate bubbles.
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Family Non-Planning
Changes to Title X could impose an impossible choice for American women: accept limited and potentially misleading care or forgo family planning altogether.
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