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Crime and safety are two important issues in urban areas. Crime is any unlawful act against a person or property. Safety is the set of…

Shawkat Hammoudeh, Ph.D. The 1970s were miserable, partly because of both high inflation and high unemployment.  That period is known as the “stagflation decade.” The…

As the Philadelphia region moves to the “yellow phase” of Governor Tom Wolf’s reopening plan Friday following COVID-19 closures, the easing of local restrictions will…

Thousands of miles away, in a country known for its Moai statues and red wine, civil unrest over the rise in subway prices has broken…

To judge how far America has regressed since Richard Nixon took office in 1969, we need only look at the story of national reform since…

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address produced mixed reactions, but most concerning of all was the fact that the tone of the address…

They began as a simple protest against a lack of economic growth and stability. Within three days, however, the protests in Iran quickly escalated to…

Environmental activism has shifted away from the notion of post-materialism, the idea where people will inherently impact the environment less as their basic needs are…

Get over it, Joe Biden was advising us the other day. It’s happened, it’s done. Well, yes. Donald Trump is our 45th president, and our…

The Japanese central bank — Bank of Japan — surprised the world by deciding to have negative interest rates on commercial banks’ excess reserves. What…