While discussions of the budget deficit have been common in US politics for the last 20 years, the 2010 midterm elections and emergence of the Tea Party have drawn unprecedented attention to demands that the US government dramatically reducing spending and shrink the federal debt. Unusually, these calls for reducing government spending have reached the [...]

The so-called “choices” that people make about movement– how they get to where they’re going, and whether they bike, walk, ride, or drive there– are never merely individual decisions. Rather, these decisions are often the result of how the cities we live in have been mapped and planned over time. Los Angeles, for example, is [...]

                        In a previous article, I linked to a federal report showing that the majority of guns used by Mexican drug cartels south of the border are sourced not in Mexico but in our very own United States. According to the report and an [...]

A new study analyzing the impact of Medicaid shows that those who register with the program have better overall health and financial security. The first of its kind, the findings are based on a rigorously controlled assessment that uses a design similar to those used to test new drugs. While the findings may seem obvious [...]

Tunisia has become the 116th state to join the International Criminal Court. At a UN ceremony in New York City this past Thursday, the nation became the first of it’s North African neighbors to sign onto the court. Though small in size and economy, the country is widely regarded as the template for the Arab [...]

The Federal Initiative The Los Angeles River was chosen this Saturday as one of seven locations selected to be part of a pilot project aimed at revitalizing growing U.S. cities and the natural resources that surround them. The purpose of the Urban Waters Federal Partnership is to reconnect urban communities with their waterways by nixing [...]