(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Conversation U.S. asked Tracy Roof, a political scientist who has researched the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Because of high unemployment and poverty rates, more people were eligible for SNAP ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexie Espinal, 20, of Danbury, was sentenced to four years in prison Monday after ...