Chart of the Week: How U.S. regained all its lost jobs, but still fell behind
The U.S. finally has more jobs than it did before the Great Recession, but that’s not nearly enough to keep pace with the growing population.
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The U.S. finally has more jobs than it did before the Great Recession, but that’s not nearly enough to keep pace with the growing population.
A new Census report reveals interesting regional differences in the characteristics of newly built homes.
Americans spend less on food than they ever have, and are fatter than they’ve ever been. Could there be a connection?
Recent presidents and presidential candidates have tended to have elite college educations — a fact that doesn’t appear to bother many Americans.
In 1982, researchers studying the impact of nascent electronic-information services predicted much of what has since become commonplace.
The countries with the highest per-capita alcohol consumption don’t, as a rule, have the heaviest drinkers. Those tend to be in countries where alcohol is forbidden or strongly discouraged.
More people are having trouble keeping up with their student-loan payments than in years past, several studies show.
As the National September 11 Memorial Museum prepares to open, a look at how Americans view the 2001 attacks and their legacy for the country.
Average temperatures have risen over the past century in nearly every part of the U.S. outside the Deep South.
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