Art films boost creative thinking in nearly 500 viewers, experiment suggests

A new study offers some of the strongest evidence yet that viewing art doesn't just move us emotionally—it changes how we ...
Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Rental registry could pave the way to rent control

The Costa Mesa City Council recently considered creating a rental registry — a key component of rent control — even though local voters have repeatedly rejected local government expanding rent control ...
Orlando Sentinel

Commentary: Facts of Zeigler case still disputed after hearing

Basing their appeal on DNA evidence, Tommy Zeigler’s attorneys requested at a December hearing that Judge Leticia Marques overturn the death sentences imposed on him in 1976. On March 6, Marques ruled ...
The Daily Gazette

Commentary: Global oil crisis once again makes the case for renewable energy

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House and introduced an ambitious solar strategy to Congress. This came on the heels of the oil shocks of the 1970s caused first by ...
CBS News

Rent control proposal could cost Massachusetts billions in lost property taxes, study finds

Rent control in Massachusetts could lead to big losses in city and town budgets, according to a new study released Thursday. The Greater Boston Real Estate Board and the Center for State Policy ...
The Business Journals

Study: Proposed rent control could cost Mass. $300 billion in property values

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The Tufts Center for State ...
The Reporter

Will Wood commentary: Latest case of history repeating?

I got out of the Navy in June of 2001, just a few months before the War on Terror officially started, but the war had really been going on for some time. In January ...
Westword

Megan Trussell Case Explained: Colorado Teen’s Mysterious Death Spurs State Review

One year ago, eighteen-year-old Megan Trussell was found dead in Boulder. No one had seen or heard from the University of Colorado freshman in six days by the time park rangers discovered her body on ...
The Conversation

Women’s control over fertility is linked to education, money and digital access – study of 16 African countries

Educated women with regular income and access to digital tools can make independent choices about their sexual and reproductive health. Donwilson Odhiambo/Getty Images Many married women in ...
Brattleboro Reformer

Commentary | Peter "Fish" Case: Brattleboro’s Representative Town Meeting is failing

Brattleboro will have some interesting choices to make when we vote on March 3 (voting starts on Feb. 17 for early voting and you can request a mail-in ballot now). Brattleboro will vote yes or no (up ...
The Heritage Foundation

The Case of the Missing Heritage Foundation Proposals

Outright corporate wrongdoing at least has the virtue of honesty. The wrongdoer knows he is breaking the rules. More troubling is the genteel evasion, the kind carried out in the language of process ...