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West Virginia’s July flash floods show how rural disasters bring distinct challenges that require tailored responses.
What Should We Be Doing about Student Loans? The American system of financing college might not be as broken as the headlines make it seem.Negative Mortgage Interest Rates in the US? Unlikely but Possible In Denmark, mortgage rates are negative 0.5 percent, and rates on sovereign debt are negative in many other European countries.Three Tips for Tackling Local Housing Affordability Challenges The affordable housing crisis is a national problem, but the root causes and solutions are tied to local action.Don’t Confuse Changes in Federal Health Spending with National Health Spending Some have misinterpreted estimates on how single-payer (i.e. Medicare for All) proposals would affect federal spending and total national health spending.Separating Race from Ethnicity in Surveys Risks an Inaccurate Picture of the Latinx Community How should Latinx Americans identify their race on the 2020 Census? “White”? “Amerindian”? “Mixed”? “Other”?
