Strapped for cash, state governments are plugging holes using unspent gift cards. Not everyone thinks it’s a good idea.

The president has been mixing money and politics since his early days in New York.

The pandemic has shown how just-in-time systems are also fragile.

Or is the world just depressing?

Sifting through today’s clues to forecast the future

How abortion could scramble American geography

Pain is on the way even if interest-rate hikes work as intended—which is not a given.

Is there a connection between deprivation and a lack of federal representation? The people in territories without a vote sure think so.