Social Security benefits will rise 3.6% in 2027, but that may not be enough to offset healthcare costs - Pankaj Agrrawal, University of Maine

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Americans are stressed about grocery prices, so why do they toss or overlook so much 'misfit' food? -- Jintao Zhang, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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Why your boss matters more than remote or hybrid work when it comes to burnout and job satisfaction -- Christos Makridis, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies

12 days ago

The oil market that sets today's gas prices was invented in western Pennsylvania -- Brian C. Black, Penn State

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Companies may be held liable when AI harms their clients and customers -- Sarah Webber, University of Dayton and Kaitlin Newkirk, Xavier University

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Why fuel prices may go higher still -- Joshua Busby, The University of Texas at Austin and Greg Pollock, Georgetown University

21 days ago

Trump speculates on diesel fuel export ban as high prices ripple across US economy -- Vidya Mani, University of Virginia; Cornell University

25 days ago

Oil and gas industry expected surplus – but war brought shortage instead -- John Patrick Schoeneman Jr., Oklahoma State University

20 days ago

Oil shortages escalate from wars in Iran and Ukraine, with few signs of relief -- Amy Myers Jaffe, New York University; Tufts University

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Fewer Americans are getting help buying groceries from SNAP benefits as states grapple with the program's cascade of changes -- Tracy Roof, University of Richmond

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American women in communities with ample broadband access lose less time waiting for services, reducing time poverty -- Mattia Caldarulo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Andrea Hetling, Rutgers University, and Gregory Porumbescu, Rutgers University - Newark

1 month ago

Cities keep shelling out taxpayer money for sports stadiums, yet the economics almost never makes sense -- Abigail Hall, University of Tampa and Aaron D. Wood, University of Tampa

18 days ago

The US sells more to Brazil than it buys – but Trump is slapping steep tariffs on its exports anyway -- Filipe Mendonça, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) and Henrique Menezes, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)

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US consumers and businesses are now facing a future of more expensive borrowing -- John W. Diamond, Rice University

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US regulators want to make corporate earnings reports less frequent, but investors have doubts -- Tzachi Zach, The Ohio State University

14 days ago

It's OK if managers step in to help their sales staff – but not too much -- Daniel E. Chavez, University of Tennessee

27 days ago

The tourism industry is slowly waking up to solo travelers' needs -- Peter McGraw, University of Colorado Boulder

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Why employers still place a premium on people skills, not AI, when they make hiring decisions -- Murugan Anandarajan, Drexel University and Cuneyt Gozu, Drexel University

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AI data center boom is leaving consumer electronics short of chips − even though they don't use the same kinds -- Vidya Mani, University of Virginia; Cornell University

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Gen Z communicates differently in the workplace, but older colleagues can still decode them -- Jeff LeBlanc, Boston University

24 days ago

The typical gig worker is changing – and struggling more than ever to make ends meet -- Jacob Lederman, University of Michigan Flint

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Layoffs tied to AI hurt worker productivity – and the reason may surprise managers -- Mark Ma, University of Pittsburgh

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Why it's more important than ever to jump-start entrepreneurial careers from the college classroom -- Raghupathy Sivakumar, Georgia Institute of Technology

12 days ago

Why working-class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world -- Noam Lupu, Vanderbilt University and Nicholas Carnes, Duke University

1 month ago

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How Trump's crypto winnings undermined the industry's push for looser regulation -- Lee Reiners, Duke University

24 days ago

Trump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud -- Ben Zdencanovic, University of Cambridge

2 months ago

Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring in 2026, signaling growing economic distress -- Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University

2 months ago

Got money questions? How to get chatbots to give you accurate answers -- Pawan Jain, University of Michigan Flint

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Your bank's AI just blocked your payment – what can you do? -- Pragati Awasthi, Drexel University

4 months ago

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Is it illegal for the president to spend 'patriotic' donations on a White House ballroom or anything else? -- Ellen P. Aprill, University of California, Los Angeles

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Trump administration's Freedom 250 organization allegedly misdirected donors away from bipartisan America250 charity -- Sarah Webber, University of Dayton

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Foundations can outlive their charitable missions – and that's a problem -- Thomas Adam, University of Arkansas

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A little-remembered Gilded Age millionaire helped make milk safe for American kids through his 'retail giving' -- Leslie Lenkowsky, Indiana University

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Nonprofit fraud: Amid high-profile prosecutions, an accountant explains what's really going on -- Sarah Webber, University of Dayton

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As AI takes on more tasks, what happens when people have to jump in to clean up after it? -- Murugan Anandarajan, Drexel University

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Remote work made these colleagues more open with each other, not less -- Vanessa M. Conzon, Boston College

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