Articles I-III of the United States Constitution allow for three separate branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial), along with a system of checks and balances should any branch get too powerful. Belinda Stutzman breaks down each b...
How Would Clinton Handle a Divided Government?
The people who think Mr. Trump is changing the government for the better — who include a lot of Republicans and people who voted for him — overwhelmingly approve of things like his policies on deportation and his efforts to reduce the federal workforce. They would specifically...
The RCN's threat of more serious strike action - affecting A&E, intensive care and cancer treatment - seems to have worked. It's 22 February and the government has contacted Pat, who hasagreed to call off strikesto enter talks, a move she knows will be unpopular wit...
The European nation’s energy revolution has made it a leader in replacing nukes and fossil fuels with wind and solar technology.
Why was it enacted? The 14th Amendment waspassed by Congressin 1866 and ratified by the states in 1868. Enacted after the Civil War, the disqualification clause aimed to keep former Confederate civil and military officeholders from returning to serve in the government they fought the overthrow. ...
The state that performed the best in a metric received the highest score, while the state that performed the worst was given the lowest score – and states between these were indexed proportionally. States whose standard scores were three standard deviations above or below average were considered ...
How was representative government put into practice? Representative Government in Practice: Representative government has a long history, most famously associated with the Roman Republic. However, it continued from that time in various periods and areas of the world until the present until it reached ...
How has the government intervened in the pharmaceutical industry, and what was the economic rationale for the intervention? What are examples of the cost factors of supply for, labor cost, cost of capital, taxes and subsidies. What groups would be major beneficiaries ...
As of October 2024, the average dividend yield of S&P 500 companies was 1.25%, well under recent inflation levels and Treasury yields. Finding dividend payers When it comes to investing in dividend stocks, many investors turn to mutual funds or exchange-traded funds that offer access to ...