Why Did Consumer Credit Scores Go Up during the Covid-19 Pandemic?
The Covid-19 pandemic caused huge economic disruption for millions of Americans. Unemployment rose sharply. Many businesses – especially small ones – ...
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What Does the Mexico City Subway Disaster Tell Us about Infrastructure in Mexico?
On May 3, a subway collapse in Mexico City killed 26 people and injured scores of others. The collapse is a heart-breaking human tragedy. But it also ...
How to Understand the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan
In mid-April, President Joe Biden announced that there would be a full withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the symbolic date of September 11...
Is There a Migrant Crisis at the Border?
Growing numbers of undocumented migrants crossing the Mexico-U.S. border have raised a political firestorm in the United States, with some – particula...
“Assessing the Crisis in Yemen: Six Years On”
For the past six years, Yemen has been the center of a heated armed conflict between its Saudi and UAE-backed government and the rebel group “Ansar Al...
What Should the Biden Administration Do about U.S. Drug Policy?
“The times they are a’changing,” however slowly, when it comes to drug policy in the United States. Across the nation, states and municipalities are r...
The February Electrical Power Disaster in Texas: What Can Be Done to Avoid a Repeat
In mid-February, a cold weather storm swept much of the United States. In Texas, the result was catastrophic, as skyrocketing electrical demand and p...
Books That Shaped My World
In May 2020, Dr. Caleb McDaniel, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities and current chair of Rice University's History Department, became the fi...
What Can We Expect of the Biden Administration When It Comes to Immigration?
President Joe Biden is committed to reversing his predecessor’s restrictive, often punitive approach to immigration. In general terms, how will his po...
Covid-19 and the Transition to a Cashless Economy
The Covid-19 pandemic in the United States has led to a sharp increase in cashless transactions. This is part of a broader trend toward electronic pay...