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What if Canada retaliates for Trump’s tariffs?
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How would New York be affected if Ontario Premier Doug Ford were to really impose a 25 percent surcharge on electricity exports?
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How to improve policing with evidence-based training
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New research shows that to reduce police brutality, it is necessary to address the high cognitive demands of policing.
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The health insurance industry ought to be nonprofit
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A nonprofit model would shift the industry’s focus from profits to the social purpose of keeping Americans as healthy as possible.
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The decision supermarkets face with perishable food
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Should grocery stores discard, donate, or offer price discounts on unsold food that is near the expiration date?
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Race vs. class in achieving the American dream
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In designing policies to promote upward mobility, new research suggests, class ought to be given as much and maybe even more weight than race.
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Rejection of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan is a good long-run verdict
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The ruling Harrington v. Purdue Pharma ensures that the wealthy and the powerful are not able to use the nation’s bankruptcy code to evade accountability.
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Does a 100 percent tariff on Chinese EVs make sense?
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President Joe Biden’s recent decision to quadruple the tariff on Chinese electric vehicles will not increase EV ownership here and nationwide, which is needed to fight climate change.
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How many children should couples have given ongoing climate change?
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The seemingly private decision about building a family is no longer private with clear and negative environmental effects for present and future generations.
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The human cost of cashless transactions
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When businesses move to a cashless environment, the poor in Rochester and elsewhere are hurt.
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Is income inequality in the U.S. really rising?
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New research has generated considerable debate among economists about whether income inequality actually is rising—an important question for both Rochester and the U.S.