Author: TheConversation

By D. Brian Blank, Assistant Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University The U.S. Federal Reserve holds inordinate sway over the world’s economies. Yet it acts, in some ways, like they do not really matter. Its power is primarily because of the dominance of the U.S. dollar, which soared in recent months as the Fed’s aggressive interest rate hikes made the greenback more attractive to investors. But this has a downside for other countries because it is fueling inflation, raising the cost of borrowing and increasing the risk of a global recession. If you only paid attention to the words...

By Lauren Thompson, Assistant Professor of History and Interdisciplinary Studies, Kennesaw State University The history of abortion in the U.S. guided some of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Alito argued that abortion has never been a “deeply rooted” constitutional right in the United States. But as a historian of medicine, law and women’s rights, I think Alito’s read of abortion history is not only incomplete, it is also inaccurate. Alito argued in the opinion that abortion has always been a serious crime, but there were no laws about abortion...

By Name Here, Academic title and school goes in this space in italic The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, and often referred to as the “bellwether for conservative Christianity,” has long voiced opposition to abortion. A Pew survey in 2014 found that two-thirds of Southern Baptists believed abortion should be illegal in most or all cases. In 2021, the Convention passed a resolution stating “unequivocally that abortion is murder” and calling for “abolishing abortion immediately, without exception or compromise.” But Southern Baptists have not always been opposed to abortion. The Convention expressed support...