Investigative Economics

In his second term as president, Trump has taken a focus on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC among other local D.C. projects. A majority of the building was shut down beginning in 2025 for two years of repairs costing $257 million that were approved by Congress under the Big Beautiful Bill, and Trump pushed to have his name added to the façade, whi...

Part of the reason riots swept through Paris and other cities in France recently was a debate over funding of schools. Teachers noticed that a large portion of their pay was being...

In the last three years South and Central American governments have swung dramatically right, with conservative governments gaining power in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, among others. The biggest victory could be the recent election in Brazil where Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of prior president Jair Bolsonaro, advanced to the next election...