Who Should We Pay for Prison Beds? A Proposal
In the last three decades, the number of people in state and federal prisons in the United States has spiked, rising 500 percent. The...
Time to fix our upside-down tax system
Pennsylvania has been struggling with persistent budget deficits since the start of the Great Recession in 2008. And we at the Pennsylvania Budget and...
The front of the classroom, this is your life
You take a test and do well. You make As and do academic extra-curriculars. You are separated into separate classes. The awards pile up....
Study Finds that Green Spaces Make Kids Smarter
When it comes to the physical and psychological benefits of being exposed to nature — and especially to scenery that is filled with lush...
British women have second worst life expectancy in EU-15 countries
Women in the UK have the second worst life expectancy among 15 European countries, alongside high death rates from cancer and diabetes, according to...
Everything That’s Wrong With the Economy These Days
The New York Post recently ran a story on the suicide of former Lehman Brothers "star" Charles Hopper, which the paper said provides "a...
