The gas tax's tortured history shows how hard it is to fund new infrastructure

A bipartisan group of senators proposed the gas tax should be indexed to inflation to help pay for new infrastructure spending, an approach Biden calls 'regressive.'

Theodore J. Kury, Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida • conversation
June 22, 2021 • ~9 min

Did insomnia cause April’s spike in suicidal thoughts?

"Without sufficient good quality sleep, suicidal thoughts start to have a louder voice." Surveys indicate mental health risk during April.

Mikayla Mace-Arizona • futurity
June 3, 2020 • ~8 min

The Great Depression proved we need government in a crisis

A historian explains what we can learn from the Great Depression in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic and its economic devastation.

Melissa De Witte-Stanford • futurity
May 1, 2020 • ~8 min

We are entering a recession – but what did we learn from the last one?

While the Great Depression reduced inequality and closed the racial wealth gap, the Great Recession of 2009 did the opposite.

Megan Neely, Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University • conversation
March 20, 2020 • ~6 min

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