Bautista Vivanco One year after giving notice, the United States has officially left the World Health Organization. The United States was the WHO’s largest contributor. Its departure will significantly reshape global efforts to prevent disease, maybe for the better. According to Cato ...
Travis Fisher Millions of Americans are bracing for a days-long winter storm that could potentially cause major damage, including extensive power outages. Ahead of the storm, we should reflect on the source of our safety against extreme weather. We are ...
Walter Olson It can be hard to get some Americans interested in the well-documented problem of ICE and Border Patrol abuse, perhaps because they assume that the rights being trampled are “only” those of non-citizens rather than people like them ...
Throughout history, Jews have been denounced as “moneylenders,” yet, as Carl Menger noted, there are very good reasons why Jewish people have been overrepresented in banking and finance. ...
Scott Lincicome My latest column at The Dispatch examines what President Trump’s now-canceled Greenland tariff threat says about not only US trade policy but also the increasing use and abuse of “emergency” powers by the executive branch (and not just ...
Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon The Trump administration continues to tell America’s farm community that this is a golden age and that the administration’s tariffs are working. The data tell a different story. A new report from North Dakota ...
This week, Dr. Gordon reviews a new work— Reinterpreting Libertarianism: New Directions in Libertarian Studies—and offers insights on some of the contributions. ...
Colleen Hroncich Justine Wilson thought she wanted to be a veterinarian, but in college she discovered she was more interested in activism and community education. After graduation, she worked at a nature camp that led classes for teachers and their ...
Poundland has closed 149 stores and cut 2,200 jobs as part of a sweeping turnaround plan aimed at stabilising the business after a period of heavy losses and declining sales. The discount retailer said the closures mark the final phase ...
Scarlett Johansson and Cate Blanchett are among hundreds of actors, musicians and writers backing a new campaign accusing artificial intelligence companies of unlawfully exploiting creative work to train their systems. The campaign, titled “Stealing Isn’t Innovation”, launched on Thursday with ...