Plus: Summer camp and what it means to be American
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U.S. economists have struggled to suss out why the public seems to think the economy is doing poorly when many indicators would suggest otherwise. Maybe they should take a good look at the global data that Stephen Bagwell, a University of Missouri-St. Louis political scientist, and Susan Randolph, a University of Connecticut emerita economist, have sifted through.
In today’s top story, they explain how the U.S. government is falling short in terms of promoting the “general Welfare,” as the founders pledged in the Constitution’s preamble.
“Across all five areas we track – health, food, education, work and income – the U.S. has either stalled or lost ground, relative to its own history and to its peers,” Bagwell and Randolph write.
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The U.S. is falling short of what its national wealth makes possible for its people. Eric Raptosh Photography/Tetra images via GettyImages
Stephen Bagwell, University of Missouri-St. Louis; Susan Randolph, University of Connecticut This is not a one-year blip. The US has been underperforming in terms of health, education and more for the past 25 years. |
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Ammcise Apply, Binghamton University, State University of New York The uncertainty of Haitian TPS status in the US is a significant source of stress for Haitian migrants, particularly women.
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Sylvain Barbot, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Both faults are along plate boundaries that move in similar ways and have ruptured in enormously destructive earthquakes in the past. |
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Eric Palkovacs, University of California, Santa Cruz As the national conversation shifts to political finger-pointing, an important environmental question deserves careful scrutiny: What is the best approach to maintain urban water quality? |
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Thomas Adam, University of Arkansas College tuition has not significantly risen since 1990, at least compared to tuition changes over the previous decades. |
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David Mislin, Temple University From the Civil War to the Cold War, existential fears have fueled claims that America is a Christian nation, a historian of US Christianity explains. |
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Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton Landor v. Louisiana highlights the religious rights of the nearly 2 million people imprisoned in the US – and how challenging it can be to protect those rights. |
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John A. Tures, LaGrange College Hosting the FIFA World Cup games can prove a propaganda win for authoritarian nations. But the data suggests the tournament favors democracies. |
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Seth T. Kannarr, University of Tennessee; Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee At a time when Americans disagree deeply over the meaning of citizenship, belonging and education, summer camps remain places where visions of the nation are communicated to young people.
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Carla Vecchiola, University of Michigan-Dearborn Detroit’s repeat tourists help spread understanding of techno’s local roots as the music industry continues to commercialize the subculture. |
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