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Expert Commentary

SNAP
Economics, Health, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

SNAP and the effectiveness of work requirements: A research roundup

by Clark Merrefield | November 12, 2025

In this first of a three-part series, we look at recent research on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a major component of the farm bill that Congress typically debates and renews every few years.

Expert Commentary

news stories about to risks to health and safety
Health, Politics & Government

4 details you should include in news stories about risks to public health and safety

by Denise-Marie Ordway | November 10, 2025

These details, sometimes missing from news coverage, will help your audiences gauge their level of risk in potentially hazardous situations.

Expert Commentary

Health, Race & Gender

Food allergies in children: An explainer

by Naseem S. Miller | November 5, 2025

New evidence suggests that introducing common sources of food allergies in the first year of life is associated with reductions in new cases in children. But prevention is only part of the story.

Expert Commentary

Supreme Court
Economics, Politics & Government

Tariffs and federal agency power: 3 things to know about a key Supreme Court case

by Clark Merrefield | November 5, 2025

Here’s what journalists covering the legal saga over Trump administration tariffs need to know from our webinar with Econofact, a nonpartisan publication out of Tufts University.

Expert Commentary

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Criminal Justice, Politics & Government

Who controls the National Guard: The history and governance of America’s state-based military force

by Clark Merrefield | October 29, 2025

President Donald Trump has deployed or threatened to deploy National Guard troops to several major U.S. cities. Journalists who know the history and legal authorities of these troops can offer audiences context on the deployments.

Expert Commentary

school counselors
Economics, Education, Health

4 story ideas to help you examine the role of school counselors

by Denise-Marie Ordway | October 28, 2025

Use these story ideas to educate your audiences about school counselors’ influence on students’ mental health, academic achievement and college plans and the challenges counselors must overcome to do their work.

Expert Commentary

ACA enrollment
Health, Politics & Government

The battle over Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies: What to know as open enrollment looms

by Kerry Dooley Young | October 20, 2025

We explain how ACA health insurance marketplaces work, why enrollment has grown recently, what’s at the heart of the US government shutdown and what’s at stake for consumers.

Expert Commentary

close up of computer code on a computer monitor.
Media, Politics & Government

How to navigate the impact of manipulation and removal of federal data: Expert advice, reporting tips and resources

by Naseem S. Miller | October 15, 2025

Federal datasets have been manipulated and removed since the beginning of the Trump administration and continue to be under threat. In this piece, three data experts explain the critical consequences of this loss.

Expert Commentary

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Economics, Health, Politics & Government

Reducing homelessness in the US: A solutions-focused, research-based explainer

by Clark Merrefield | October 8, 2025

As municipalities face potential cuts to federal funding for addressing homelessness, we dig into the research on what works to help people achieve permanent housing.

Expert Commentary

How to avoid overgeneralizing research findings
Economics, Education, Health, Media

6 tips to help journalists avoid overgeneralizing research findings

by Denise-Marie Ordway | October 1, 2025

Journalists often overgeneralize study results by reporting that they apply to a much larger group of people than they actually do. In this tip sheet, scholars offer guidance and explain why it’s a bad idea to rely on artificial intelligence tools to summarize research.

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Editors’ Picks

4 takeaways on the economic consequences of the Iran war
Economics, Environment, Politics & Government

4 takeaways on the economic consequences of the Iran war

March 20, 2026

Economic uncertainty, windfalls for oil producers, how businesses communicate with the president and artificial intelligence — check out the insights from our webinar with EconoFact.

Childhood vaccines: What research shows about their safety and potential side effects
Health, Politics & Government

Childhood vaccines: What research shows about their safety and potential side effects

January 5, 2026

In this piece, we share reporting tips, explain how vaccine side effects are tracked in the U.S., and discuss research on the safety of childhood vaccines.

Expert Commentary

287(g): The program that lets state and local police perform the functions of federal immigration officers
Criminal Justice, Politics & Government

287(g): The program that lets state and local police perform the functions of federal immigration officers

April 30, 2025

“In the span of about two months, the Trump administration radically expanded the 287(g) program beyond anything I have seen in the past 15 years of close study of this precise policy,” writes immigration scholar Austin Kocher.

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