Advocacy and Policy

A new California law makes it easier for out-of-state doctors to get experience in reproductive medicine after restrictions in 18 states have curtailed access to training.

Informal childcare is common, but often invisible in broader policy discussions.

A hodgepodge of state and local laws makes some violence a hate crime in some places, but not in others.

The study suggests that online sales to kids went unchanged in the months after the law went into effect.

SNAP participants in low-income households, especially those that live in food deserts, may still struggle to get enough nutritious food.

Drug development takes a great deal of time, money and effort. While future profits play a big factor in which diseases gets prioritized, advocacy and research incentives can also tilt the scale.

Can a state that prohibits most or all abortions block access to online information provided by abortion rights advocates and clinics in states with more permissive abortion laws? After Dobbs v. Jackson…

Government down payment assistance (DPA) has become more important over the past decade. Its use among Federal Housing Administration (FHA) borrowers has tripled since 2010 from just 5 percent of…

Here are two tales of the energy transition unfolding in coal country, USA. In late 2019, Pacificorp, an electric utility that operates in six Western states, told Wyoming regulators it…

The vast majority of the technology needed to realize a full decarbonization of the U.S. economy exists, and most of the technology is more cost effective than fossil fueled alternatives,…

A study of cities around the world that are developing innovative solutions to their problems has identified three key elements of success.

For the study in the Journal of Research on Adolescence, researchers examined how structural oppression and anti-LGBTQ policies in individual US states intersect and can predict suicide risk. “Our research suggests…