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The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly publishes a suite of reports and datasets that businesses, journalists, ...
Though little known to the public, the USPSTF plays a key role in determining which preventive services insurers must cover without a co-pay.
A journalist’s guide to the climate risk data market Over the past decade, there's been a proliferation of private firms offering highly detailed climate risk assessments for sale. Here’s what ...
Young voters and colleges’ efforts to boost turnout: A research roundup with 5 story ideas We gathered research and interviewed researchers to help reporters cover voters under age 30. Keep reading ...
We look at research on who votes in school board elections and how new board members can affect school segregation, funding and test scores.
Felony disenfranchisement in the US: An explainer and research roundup People incarcerated for felony convictions lose the right to vote across most of the U.S., but specifics vary widely by state. We ...
How AI deepfakes threaten the 2024 elections We don’t yet know the full impact of artificial intelligence-generated deepfake videos on misinforming the electorate. And it may be the narrative around ...
What the research says about the characteristics of unsafe traffic intersections and crosswalk designs that can improve pedestrian safety.
Racial disparities in mental health care: An explainer and research roundup Little has changed since the office of the U.S. Surgeon General issued a report on mental health disparities two decades ago ...
‘Deaths of despair’: Research on opioid crisis origins and the link between minimum wages and suicide reduction Recent research details the rise of OxyContin in the U.S. and how three pieces of paper ...
News media outlets vary widely in how they cover preprint studies, new research finds Alice Fleerackers had already been looking at how online news stories portray uncertainty around science when the ...
10 tips for covering white supremacy and far-right extremists Two experts offer journalists tips to help them better understand and cover white supremacists and other far-right extremists.