Short Reads

The CPI-U is the most widely cited inflation metric, so it’s worth popping the hood and looking inside to see how it works.

Black men are now on par with American Indian or Alaska Native men as the demographic groups most likely to die from overdoses.

49% of Americans say the availability of affordable housing in their local community is a major problem, up 10 points from early 2018.

Among adults 25 and older who have no education beyond high school, more women have left the labor force than men.

Adoption of key technologies by those in the oldest age group has grown markedly since about a decade ago.

Since Joe Biden took office in 2021, his administration has acted on a number of fronts to reverse Trump-era restrictions on immigration.

75% of U.S. adults say they have read a book in the past 12 months in any format, a figure that has remained largely unchanged since 2011.

Americans who hold less consistently liberal or conservative views tend to be less engaged in national politics.

A year later, here’s a look back at how Americans saw the events of Jan. 6 and how some partisan divisions grew wider over time.

American workers in some sectors and industries are seeing far smaller wage gains than those in others.