“Members of Congress from both parties are politicizing and spreading bad information on the energy crisis resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Given the acrimony in U.S. politics today, this isn’t surprising, but misinformation on the real cause of high gasoline prices is a disservice to U.S. citizens,” argues Samantha Gross.
A recent federal court ruling invalidating the Biden administration’s mask mandate for air and train travel garnered loud reactions, both negative and positive. But what do the majority of Americans really think about masking guidelines? William Galston explains the nuanced picture that newsurvey data presents.
National data doesn’t tell the full story about America’s increase in gun homicides. In an analysis of Chicago, Nashville, Kansas City, and Baltimore, DW Rowlands and Hanna Love find that each city’s gun homicide increases were driven predominantly by increases in neighborhoods where gun violence has long been a persistent fixture of daily life.
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