What Happens to Kids When You Give Families a Universal Basic Income?
A town in Cherokee, North Carolina is an experiment on how a universal basic income affects kids.
Leopold and Loeb, Again
The defense in the trail of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston Marathon bombing is using Clarence Darrow's strategy in the Leopold and Loeb trial of 1924.
Geoengineering: A Real Weapon Against Climate Change?
Does geoengineering deserve stronger consideration as a strategy to combat climate change?
Poor Kids, Social Mobility, and Their Contexts
A different angle on the issue of poor kids in America and abroad in an issue of Ethos
San Gimignano’s Fascist Redesign
The politically-influenced redesign of the famed towers of San Gimigano.
Obscenity and Unintended Consequences
In the Journal of American Studies, Amanda Frisken investigated how an earlier set of standards around obscenity emerged in the 1870s.
The Logan Act
An old American Law, The Logan Act, has suddenly been thrust into the news.
Why Higher Pay Can Be Good for Business
Higher pay for workers can be a good move for firms even beyond PR.