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How states make it harder to get food assistance

Andrea Silva - September 20, 2023

Hungry people face complex requirements.

The Biden infrastructure bills would restore America’s traditional approach to economic growth

Robert Manduca, Nic Johnson, and Chris Hong - July 29, 2021

From the nation’s founding, government has been deeply involved in shaping the economy — until the Carter and Reagan administrations retreated from the ‘American System’

The U.S.-India trade deal fell through. What happens now?

Trevor Cloen and Irfan Nooruddin - March 5, 2020

Future negotiations will have to deal with even more controversial issues.

Missouri has a new law defining ‘meat.’ That’s just the latest round in the battles over your food.

Jan Dutkiewicz - September 13, 2018

[caption id="attachment_77656" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Samples of beef, including, from left,

Underfunding the State Department could hurt U.S. exports — and U.S. companies

Raymond Hicks and Matthew Connelly - February 14, 2018

An adequately resourced State Department can more than pay for itself.

Will Republicans be able to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?

Mallory SoRelle - February 13, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/the-battle-for-control-of-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau/2017/11/27/acefba7e-d39f-11e7-9ad9-ca0619edfa05_video.html Since November, the Trump administration has taken steps to

Why it’s so hard to know whether organic food is really organic

Jason Kuo - May 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_58664" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A farmer works on his tractor

Trump wants to reorganize the executive branch. Good luck with that.

Andrew Rudalevige - March 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_55439" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump talks before signing an

No, Sweden isn’t hiding an immigrant crime problem. This is the real story.

Kristine Eck and Christopher Fariss - February 24, 2017

[caption id="attachment_54636" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump and first lady Melania Trump

The sky fell on the U.S. poultry industry last year. But NAFTA and the TPP helped protect U.S. exports.

Chad Bown - August 30, 2016

[caption id="attachment_45785" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Cage-free chickens forage at an