The City of Marietta has announced its intention to opt out of the Georgia homestead tax exemption created with the passage and signing into law of House Bill 581. Three…
by Lisandro Claudio, University of California, Berkeley; Garret Martin, American University School of International Service; Jorge Heine, Boston University; Patrick James, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and…
by Richard White, Stanford University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] I’m a Gilded Age historian who has drawn parallels between our current moment and the…
The U.S. Department of Defense announced that Lockheed Martin was awarded a $3,367,476,836 modification to a previously awarded F-35 Lightning II contract. Most of the additional funds (57 percent) will…
Photo of F-35 in flight courtesy of Lockheed Martin According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin will be awarded a “not-to-exceed $11,762,911,991” modification to…
by Sidney Shapiro, Wake Forest University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] There’s a lot of speculation about what Donald Trump’s second term in the White…
by Simon F. Haeder, Texas A&M University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S. health care system leaves much to be desired. It is convoluted,…
by Yiren Ren, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a flood…
by John E. Jones III, Dickinson College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As President-elect Donald Trump announces his prospective Cabinet nominations, The Conversation U.S. Politics…
by Grace McCormack, University of Southern California and Erin Duffy, University of Southern California, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative…