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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Climate, crime, and the bodies at Lake Mead
Speed Read What do the mafia and global warming have to do with each other?
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What will the Inflation Reduction Act actually accomplish?
opinion It's either a 'big effing deal' or the start of a new rise in drug prices
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The CHIPS Act and industrial policy, explained
Speed Read Is America giving up on the free market?
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What did Christian nationalism have to do with Jan. 6?
Speed Read The movement is more than Donald Trump's religious supporters
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Kansas' big post-Roe abortion battle
Speed Read How did Kansas end up at the center of the abortion fight?
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A look back at the runaway inflation of the 1970s
Speed Read The legacy of Paul Volcker lives on
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Are vasectomies the future of family planning?
Speed Read Men step forward to share the burden of birth control
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Abortions on federal lands?
Speed Read The debate over an unorthodox response to the Supreme Court decision
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Where does the American pro-life movement go from here?
opinion The sharpest opinions on the debate from around the web
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The limits of the Geneva Conventions
Speed Read Are foreign fighters in Ukraine protected by the laws that govern the treatment of prisoners of war?
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The morbid fates of presidential assassins
feature John Hinckley Jr. is free. What happened to his predecessors?
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Bear markets, explained
feature Why they happen — and what to do with your money
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Is Google's chatbot program self-aware?
Speed Read Some believe humans are on the cusp of creating an artificial life form
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A short history of Congress on TV
Speed Read Sometimes history gets made. Unless it doesn't.
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The new golf league challenging the PGA, explained
Speed Read What you need to know about LIV Golf
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The debate over Putin's 'off-ramps,' explained
Speed Read Enticing the Russian leader to end his war in Ukraine might involve unsavory choices
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Should news outlets publish gruesome photos of gun violence victims?
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How widespread is the sex abuse scandal in the Southern Baptist Convention?
Speed Read Why America's largest Protestant denomination is in turmoil
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Monkeypox comes to America
Speed Read What to know about the latest virus of concern
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Is the U.S. losing the hypersonic missile race?
Speed Read Proponents say these new weapons are a game changer on the battlefield
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Understanding the teen mental health crisis
Speed Read The sharpest opinions on the debate from around the web
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's glib anti-immigrant theology
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If Trump returns to Twitter, he'll win every news cycle
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The sinking of Russia's flagship might be a bad sign for the U.S. Navy
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