A note from...
Bryan Keogh
Senior Editor, Economy + Business
Turmoil in U.S. stock markets continues as policymakers scramble to come up with an effective response to the worsening coronavirus crisis. The frequent sell-offs have been so big they’ve triggered so-called circuit breakers – rules designed to temporarily halt trading to forestall panic selling – for the first time since 1997.
Jonathan T. Fluharty-Jaidee, a finance expert at West Virginia University, describes how circuit breakers work and addresses a bigger question: Should President Trump simply shut down markets until the crisis passes?
Jonathan T. Fluharty-Jaidee, West Virginia University
Plunging stocks have triggered rarely used 'circuit breakers’ that temporarily halt trading. A finance scholar explains what they are and the costs of shutting down markets.
Trump called coronavirus a hoax, and he dragged his feet in addressing it. But the US health care system was ill-equipped from the start to deal with such a crisis. The pandemic shows the flaws.
St. Patrick's Day is typically a day of drinking and revelry, if not reverence for Ireland's patron saint. In this year's subdued celebration environment, a biochemist suggests thanking our livers.
Congress wanted an aide to President Trump to testify; Trump ordered him not to. Congress went to court over it, and the court told both sides to leave the courts out of it and negotiate a solution.
Mubarak used his relationship with the Copts to receive support for his rule, but he did not build institutions that could guarantee Christians constitutional rights.
When prosecutors introduce lyrics, they're asking juries to suspend the distinction between author and narrator, reality and fiction, and to read them as literal confessions of guilt.
The founder of a black hair-care empire supported the NAACP and the Tuskegee Institute, helped preserve Frederick Douglass's home. She also tried to used her prominence to stop lynching.
The Irish continue to express gratitude for St. Patrick's unselfish commitment to their spiritual well-being, even as the rest of the world celebrates by drowning in booze.
The findings suggest that this specimen could climb and move in trees. But it may also have been able to walk on the ground. This echoes previous studies.
Last year saw the first cohort of English literature students who were born in or beyond 2000 – the so-called digital generation. I wanted to know whether the classics still affected their lives.
