Month: February 2020

Trained Dogs Are the Most Efficient Way to Hunt Citrus Industry’s Biggest Threat

Trained Dogs Are the Most Efficient Way to Hunt Citrus Industry’s Biggest Threat

Dogs specially trained by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have proven to be the…

Political TV Ads Referencing Guns Increased Eightfold Over Four Election Cycles

Political TV Ads Referencing Guns Increased Eightfold Over Four Election Cycles

The number of political candidate television advertisements that refer to guns increased significantly across four…

Diversity on City Councils Increases Noninfrastructure Spending — for Better or Worse

Diversity on City Councils Increases Noninfrastructure Spending — for Better or Worse

When city councils are elected by district rather than at large, spending on noninfrastructure projects…

Is Hiring More Black Officers the Key to Reducing Police Violence?

Is Hiring More Black Officers the Key to Reducing Police Violence?

High-profile cases of officer brutality against black citizens in recent years have caused Americans to…

The Iraq War Has Cost the U.S. Nearly Trillion

The Iraq War Has Cost the U.S. Nearly $2 Trillion

Editor’s note: The Costs of Wars project was started in 2011 to assess the long-term…