Nation Oct 01 Survey shows few teens meet their dates online Most teens in the U.S. still meet face-to-face the people who they date, but social media and texting are just as important in maintaining those relationships as hanging out in person, a new survey shows.
Nation Sep 30 Suicide among young American Indians nearly double national rate Among people ages 18 to 24 nationwide, the suicide rate is 12.8 deaths per 100,000, and is the second leading cause of death for people between 15- and 24-years-old, according to new data from the CDC. Within the American Indian…
World Sep 25 Which countries are the world’s most innovative? The 2015 Global Innovation Index recently revealed that Switzerland remains the global leader in innovation, followed by the United Kingdom, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United States.
Nation Sep 24 Kids are getting adopted faster today, and here’s why that matters The amount of time a child in foster care waits to be adopted has dropped dramatically since 2000, an improvement that is no accident, according to child welfare advocates.
Nation Sep 23 People love public libraries, but they aren’t using them Most people say public libraries provide communities with essential resources for literacy and education, but the number of people who actually take advantage of library services may be slipping.
Nation Sep 22 Out of 30,000 Hollywood film characters, here’s how many weren’t white Viola Davis’s historic Emmy win served as an important milestone for African American actresses this week, but data suggest that the entertainment industry could do far more to achieve greater diversity in film.
Nation Sep 21 A quarter of all renters spend half of income on housing About one quarter of all renters spend at least half of their paychecks just to keep roofs over their heads, and those numbers will only grow in the next 10 years, new research suggests.
Science Sep 11 Can failure actually improve innovation? Innovators rarely travel a straight path to arrive at a new idea. Failure -- lots of failure -- often paves the way.
Nation Aug 29 When Louisiana lost its foster children Hurricane Katrina scattered thousands of Gulf Coast children nationwide. A decade later, are children in foster care safer in the event of a disaster?…
Nation Jul 21 More children are in poverty today than before the Great Recession Today, 22 percent of children live in poverty, up from 18 percent in 2008.