From fiscal crisis risks to how debt affects the government's ability to fund societal needs, here are key takeaways from our ...

A developmental psychologist who studies college student mental health explains why it's time to retire the "kids these days" ...

Alexis Redding. Alexis Redding is a developmental psychologist and leading expert on college student mental health. She is an ...

The number of times children and adolescents came to hospital emergency rooms after attempting suicide jumped 22% across 18 countries, including the U.S., during the first two years of the COVID-19 ...

Last June, video of white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin killing George Floyd, a Black man, went viral on social media. Uprisings took hold across hundreds of U.S. cities, and activist calls ...

Most U.S. taxpayers interact with the IRS and state tax departments once a year — to file their income taxes. The final amount owed may be seemingly unrelated to the tax filer’s race or ethnicity. Yet ...

Elections in the U.S. are decentralized. Local jurisdictions or states, not the federal government, decide how to run them. There is no single voting method, and decisions on which voting method to ...

Military service members exposed to chronic low-level shocks to the head, such as jolts from maneuvering a fighter jet, blasts from firing weapons like heavy mortars, or crashing through the surf in a ...

Between Aug. 30 and Oct. 8, a team of researchers at four universities surveyed thousands of American adults and asked the following question: When making a decision about voting, including candidates ...

Unlocked is a series focused on explaining U.S. federal government systems, structures, and processes. This public debt explainer is part of that series, which is produced by The Journalist’s Resource ...

If you report on colleges and universities in the U.S., you need at least a basic understanding of where they get their money and how they use it. Higher education funding is complicated, in part ...

5 infographics that tell the story of legal sports wagering in the U.S. Whether you are a casual or die-hard sports fan, it’s difficult to root for your favorite team without encountering sportsbooks ...