News in Brief Mick Mulvaney, a Proponent of the 2013 Federal Shutdown, Is Confirmed as Budget Director In a narrow 51–49 vote largely along party lines, Mick Mulvaney — the Republican Congressman representing South Carolina’s 5th District — was… See More
News in Brief When Outsourcing Turns Deadly Hospitals should keep their cleaning teams in-house if they want to prevent unnecessary infection. By Tom Jacobs (Illustration:… See More
News in Brief How Low Voter Turnout Helps Public Employees To a surprising degree, as voter turnout goes down, public employee compensation goes up. See More