“This militarized spending comes at the expense of federal programs—like public housing—that actually do prevent crime and improve health and education outcomes,” said researcher Hanna Homestead Last week, when Trump federalized Washington, DC’s police force and deployed the National Guard to occupy its streets, one of his main orders was to “end vagrancy” by destroying homeless […]
A new report by University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers reveals the energy burden for Fairbanks North Star Borough residents to be drastically higher than the Lower 48. Energy burden, as defined in this report, is the percentage of annual income spent on residential energy services such as space heating and electricity. The energy consumption and […]
“Universal access to insulin, without cost barriers, is urgently needed,” said Dr. Adam Gaffney, the lead author of a new study on insulin rationing. New research unveiled Monday estimates that around 1.3 million U.S. adults with diabetes either skipped entire insulin doses, took less than needed, or put off purchases of the medicine over the past […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer price increases eased in August compared to a year ago, the government said Tuesday, but the drop was modest and may not be noticed much by financially squeezed American households. The inflation rate was up at an annualized 8.3% rate in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The figure was down […]