U.S. and Canadian flags wave in the wind next to Blue Water Bridge, which connects Port Huron, Mich., and Point Edward, Ontario. AP Photo/Paul Sancya Kent Jones, Babson College The United States and Canada, historically close allies, are moving further into a full-blown trade war with no end in sight.
By J.C. Bradbury, Professor of Economics, Kennesaw State University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. When the Buffalo Bills play their 2026 season home opener in the newly built Highmark Stadium, it will mark the first game to take place at one of six
By Robert I. Harris, Assistant Professor of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects nationwide retail gasoline prices to average near $4.30 a gallon for April 2026 – the highest
by Teddy Amenabar, Maya Miller and Paul Kiel, ProPublica The rules governing your retirement plan may be changing. As we reported in July, President Donald Trump wants to encourage 401(k) plans to invest more in private equity, real estate and cryptocurrency, which can be complex and risky. To pave the
By Simon Bowmaker, Distinguished Clinical Professor of Economics, New York University, and Paul Wachtel, Emeritus Professor of Economics, New York University The Federal Reserve — one of the world’s most powerful institutions — affects the U.S. economy in a way that no other part of government can. Interest rates, inflation
The number of Americans who file for bankruptcy is growing. More than 500,000 people took this step in 2025, nearly 50% more than in 2022. And the numbers have kept on climbing, with a 12% jump in June 2026 from a year earlier as many consumers struggled to pay their
By Jesse Coburn and Ruth Talbot, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica has launched a new investigative series on the Pentagon’s roughly $1 trillion annual budget, which the news organization describes as vast in scale but often opaque in its accounting. What Happened: Congress appropriated about $1
This story was originally published by ProPublica. by Jesse Coburn, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Ready, Fire, Aim: In a rushed process exempted from normal rules, the Army hired General
By Tibor Besedeš, Professor of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology When Chevron reported its highest quarterly profit in six years on July 31, 2026, it was just one detail in a larger picture: analyst firm Wood Mackenzie estimates the global oil and gas industry is on course for a cash
This story was originally published by ProPublica. By Megan O’Matz, ProPublica Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reveals an opaque world with little oversight. At
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