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## SNAP and the effectiveness of work requirements: A research roundup

by Clark Merrefield | November 12, 2025

In this first of a three-part series, we look at recent research on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a major component of the farm bill that Congress typically debates and renews every few years.

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Health, Politics & Government

## 4 details you should include in news stories about risks to public health and safety

by Denise-Marie Ordway | November 10, 2025

These details, sometimes missing from news coverage, will help your audiences gauge their level of risk in potentially hazardous situations.

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Health, Race & Gender

## Food allergies in children: An explainer

by Naseem S. Miller | November 5, 2025

New evidence suggests that introducing common sources of food allergies in the first year of life is associated with reductions in new cases in children. But prevention is only part of the story.

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Economics, Politics & Government

## Tariffs and federal agency power: 3 things to know about a key Supreme Court case

by Clark Merrefield | November 5, 2025

Here’s what journalists covering the legal saga over Trump administration tariffs need to know from our webinar with Econofact, a nonpartisan publication out of Tufts University.

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Criminal Justice, Politics & Government

## Who controls the National Guard: The history and governance of America’s state-based military force

by Clark Merrefield | October 29, 2025

President Donald Trump has deployed or threatened to deploy National Guard troops to several major U.S. cities. Journalists who know the history and legal authorities of these troops can offer audiences context on the deployments.

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Economics, Education, Health

## 4 story ideas to help you examine the role of school counselors

by Denise-Marie Ordway | October 28, 2025

Use these story ideas to educate your audiences about school counselors’ influence on students’ mental health, academic achievement and college plans and the challenges counselors must overcome to do their work.

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