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President Joe Biden’s administration released in March its proposed $6 trillion federal government budget for the 2023 fiscal year that begins in October. Among the proposals is raising the...
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In a country as large as the United States, economic activity and tax collection vary considerably by state and region. A resource-rich state like Alaska depends heavily on taxes paid by global oil...
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Union membership in the United States has been steadily declining for decades. The number of salaried U.S. workers belonging to unions increased in only 11 years since 1984, leading to net loss of...
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Thanks to human-caused activities, the world is undeniably getting hotter, and people are increasingly considering how their personal lifestyle choices are contributing to this global environmental...
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The standard advice for aspiring first-year college students is to balance their choices with a mix of target and safety schools in order to guarantee acceptance somewhere. Even those students who...
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The United States has engaged militarily in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, DR Congo, and the Central African Republic since the Sept. 11, 2001,...
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With rising inflation, flagging consumer confidence, and a national unemployment rate still hovering above pre-pandemic levels, Americans are entering the 2021 holiday season conscious of rising...
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Between 150,000 and 198,000 more U.S. businesses failed in the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic than the roughly 600,000 companies that close in a given year, according to the Federal...
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The United States is mostly a vast, public transportation desert, especially compared to other developed European or Asian countries. Buses, trains, light rail systems, and subways tend to have lower...
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Part of the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in March 2020, included temporary protections against foreclosure...
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During much of the 20th century, the Soviet Union and the United States competed during the Cold War’s Space Race to best one another in spaceflight and rocket technology. Today, another race is...
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Car owners are familiar with that dreaded feeling when the “check engine” indicator lights up on the dashboard display. It could be a minor issue, such as a loose gas cap, but it could also be...
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Today’s American combat soldiers are trained to use some of the most advanced mass-produced portable firearms ever developed. These weapons are typically lighter than their predecessors, with more...
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More than 38 million people, including nearly 12 million children, were food insecure in the United States in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. To put it another way, 11.5% of...
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In 1792, a small group of stockbrokers signed the Buttonwood Agreement, the founding document of what would eventually become the New York Stock Exchange. The earliest stock issuers were banks,...
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