Welfare and the Poverty Cycle By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp Between 1996 and 2017, the number of families on welfare declined to less than a quarter of its former rate of coverage, yet nearly twice as many households live in extreme poverty and nearly 25 percent of...
Economic Sanctions By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp Economic sanctions, the withdrawal of established trade relations, have been used as a nonviolent strategy by governments around the world to varying success. The United States alone has twenty-six sanction programs in...
The Energy Industry By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp The debate over how the energy industry should develop in the United States and beyond has reached a critical point. The search for cleaner and more sustainable fuel sources continues, but with the United States’...
Universal Health Care By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp With the Affordable Care Act signed into law in 2010, the United States seemed closer than ever to achieving universal health care. However, repealing the act has been a key goal for the Trump administration and the...
Fake News By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp Once on the fringe, fake news has become mainstream. From bogus social media accounts to Russian troll factories, phony news muddies the social and political discourse and is a threat to our democracy. This high-interest book...
