Stigma and the Social Safety Net
Stigma features prominently in debates about the social safety net, but empirically disentangling its role has left open many questions about whether it is a meaningful—or movable—barrier to take-up.
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Policy solutions to better assess progress toward Paris goals given warming-induced ecosystem emissions, which shorten timelines by 2–5 years
Achievement of climate goals is facilitated by accurate estimation and reporting of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.
Sociodemographic Disparities, Healthcare System Trust, and Social Support in Mental Health Treatment Among U.S. Adults with Depressive or Anxiety Symptoms
Large and persistent sociodemographic disparities in rates of mental health treatment in the United States have been reported, but whether these differences reflect institutional mistrust or limited s
Legal Alignment for Safe and Ethical AI
Alignment of artificial intelligence (AI) encompasses the normative problem of specifying how AI systems should act and the technical problem of ensuring AI systems comply with those specifications.
Financing Community Mental Health Worker Programs in the United States: Three Paths Forward
The United States is in need of novel solutions to deliver mental health care, especially in the wake of inadequate community health financing following deinstitutionalization.
Community-Entry Home Health Made Up Nearly Half Of Home Health Episodes And Spending In Traditional Medicare, 2017–21
Medicare home health care is often characterized as a postacute care benefit, yet community-entry users—those admitted without a preceding hospitalization—account for nearly half of all spending and e
Why Haven’t Trump’s Tariffs Crashed the US Economy?
While Donald Trump followed through on his campaign promise to raise tariffs sharply in 2025, the domestic economic impact was not as bad as many had feared.
Trump’s Fake Peace Deals Are Dangerous
Potemkin peace can be a threat all its own.
Prescription for Division—Healing the Growing Gap in Physician Trust
In the nearly 50 years that Gallup has queried the public about trust in professions, 2025 has broken new ground and overall trust in physicians has never been lower.
‘Collective Security’ Is on Life Support
A basic concept of international relations is under unprecedented strain.
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