
Joel Mathis, The Week US
Joel Mathis is a writer with 30 years of newspaper and online journalism experience. His work also regularly appears in National Geographic and The Kansas City Star. His awards include best online commentary at the Online News Association and (twice) at the City and Regional Magazine Association.
Joel lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with his wife and son.
Latest articles by Joel Mathis, The Week US
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The potential warning sign of an auto lender’s bankruptcy
In the Spotlight Tricolor collapse an ‘extreme example’ of economy’s challenges
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Why is Trump backtracking on the Hyundai immigration raid?
Today’s Big Question Backlash threatens investment in US manufacturing
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Trump's drug war is now a real shooting war
Talking Points The Venezuela boat strike was 'not a mere law enforcement action'
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Why are federal judges criticizing SCOTUS?
Today's Big Question Supreme Court issues Trump case rulings 'with little explanation'
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Can US tourism survive Trump's policies?
Today's Big Question The tourist economy is 'heading in the wrong direction'
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Can Trump put his tariffs on stronger legal footing?
Today's Big Question Appeals court says 'emergency' tariffs are improper
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Will online age checks doom internet freedom?
Today's Big Question Or do they protect children from harm?
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Did Trump just push India into China's arms?
Today's Big Question Tariffs disrupt American efforts to align with India
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Why are global postal services cutting off package delivery to the US?
Today's Big Question 'Uncertainty' around new tariff rules halts small-dollar imports
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What are blue slips and why does Trump want to end them?
Today's Big Question The practice lets senators block a president's judge and prosecutor nominees
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MAHA is stumbling. Will there be a backlash?
Today's Big Question New report is 'slap in the face' of MAHA moms
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Cracker Barrel crackup: How the culture wars are upending corporate branding
In the Spotlight Is it 'woke' to leave nostalgia behind?
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How is Chili's saving casual dining? Could others follow?
Today's Big Question Value and TikTok virality bring in the diners
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Inflation derailed Biden. Is Trump next?
Today's Big Question 'Financial anxiety' rises among voters
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Is Amazon about to take over the grocery business?
Today's Big Question Expanded delivery will present a challenge to Walmart and Kroger
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Is Trump America's CEO?
Talking Points The party of free enterprise turns to 'cronyism'
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped trigger the Great Recession. Would an IPO create new dangers?
In the Spotlight It depends on the 'implicit guarantee'
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How will Ford reinvent EV manufacturing to compete with China?
Today's Big Question Henry Ford's assembly line system is being replaced
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Why is Trump attacking Intel's CEO?
Today's Big Question Concerns about Lip-Bu Tan's Chinese connections
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What does occupying Gaza accomplish for Israel?
Talking Points Risking a 'strategic dead-end' in the fight against Hamas
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How is Trump's economy doing?
Talking Points The latest jobs numbers suggest a slowdown in the offing
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How is AI reshaping the economy?
Today's Big Question Big Tech is now 'propping up the US economy'
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Will Trump privatize Social Security?
Today's Big Question Bessent calls savings program a 'back door' to privatization
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Could Iran's water crisis be the regime's tipping point?
Today's Big Question Drought is a problem. So is government mismanagement.
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