The nation’s birth rate declined in 2015, new data says
Research shows women gave birth to nearly 4 million babies in the U.S. in 2015, down 1 percent from a year earlier. This is a small, but noteworthy drop.
Why is the teen birth rate so much higher in rural areas?
For the first time, government researchers studied teen birth rates in rural and urban counties. The differences surprised them.
How men and women answered this sexism quiz
What we learned from a quiz designed by researchers to study subtle sexism.
Are you sexist? Take this quiz
Overt prejudice against women is hard to miss, but decades of research suggests that subtle sexism can be just as damaging -- but often go unnoticed.
Iowans today cast some of the first votes that will go on to decide America’s next president. But how well Iowa predict who’s going to win the election, what issues matter to Iowans most, and does this Midwestern state reflect…
Across the country, advocates say the number of cities with municipal bans on camping or sleeping outside has increased 50 percent since 2011. Here is an interactive map showing which cities have implemented the bans.
Following this week’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, the PBS NewsHour analyzed news reports of 354 shootings where at least four people were killed or wounded to understand where and when gun violence erupts in America.
The NewsHour has updated its map that documents all the U.S. mass shootings in 2015 alone. As details surrounding the San Bernardino, California, shooting gradually emerged Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama told CBS News that the U.S. has “a pattern…
E-cigarette use has been on the rise for years, and researchers now have a better idea about how many Americans have adopted this alternative to smoking tobacco.
