Environment Why Is President Trump Attempting to Build Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Energy Program? A global energy policy expert explains why one of the most oil-rich countries in the world is investing in nuclear and why Congress is concerned. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief Trump’s Racist Remarks Helped Boost Down-Ballot Republicans in 2016 A new analysis finds that appeals to racial resentment inspired some white voters to support candidates whose ideology was different from theirs. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice The Courts Are Making It Harder to Restrict Medicaid Through Work Requirements But the Trump administration's attacks on Medicaid are nowhere near finished. David M. Perry
Education Is More Knowledge Making Us Less Reasonable? The course, offered at the University of Washington, teaches that the proliferation of algorithms and data is making misinformation more widespread. James McWilliams
Environment Wind Turbines Do Not Cause Cancer But pollution from the fossil fuel industry does. Kate Wheeling
Footnotes News in Brief Synthesizing the News Worries About Health-Care Costs Cut Across Party Lines But Republicans are far more likely to think that the United States' quality of care is among the best in the world. Francie Diep
News in Brief Trump’s Cuts to Foreign Aid Could Intensify the Migration Crisis. Is That What He Wants? Over the weekend, the president announced plans to hold back funds earmarked for El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. Jack Herrera
Social Justice Barry Bonds, Martha Stewart, and Donald Trump: Obstructing What? There's historical precedent for prosecuting obstruction of justice without proving an underlying crime. Jack Denton
Key Takeaways News in Brief How Might Trump’s Supporters React to the Mueller Report? The Story of Nixon’s Resignation Offers Clues. To gain a historical perspective on how Trump and his closest allies might react if the Mueller report proves damning, one only needs to look as far back as 1974. Jack Herrera
Ideas How White Identity Shapes American Politics Political scientist Ashley Jardina reports that up to 40 percent of American whites feel solidarity with, and protective of, their racial group. Tom Jacobs