It gets lonely if you stick around an office until late afternoon on Fridays. Dimitri Otis/Stone via Getty ImagesDo your office, inbox and calendar feel like a ghost town on Friday afternoons? You’re not alone.
Being able to buy nutritious groceries is essential for your family's health. Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesAbout 4 in 10 of the more than 42 million Americans who get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are children under 18.
A fisherman looks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, in 2023.
The drop has been reflected in air and car travel, according to Canadian statistics. Tensions over tariffs placed by the Trump administration spurred calls for Canadians to spend their money at home.
Investment firms are buying and bundling contractors, leaving some workers and customers worse off.
Home appraisal bias contributes to racial wealth disparities and violates the Fair Housing Act.
Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC BY-SAFor most families, owning a home is the primary way to accumulate wealth and transfer that wealth to future generations.
Electric delivery vehicles powered by renewable energy are helping several multinationals lower their emissions.
After 43 days, the U.S. government shutdown finally came to an end late on Nov. 12, 2025, when Congress voted through a long-overdue funding bill, which President Donald Trump promptly signed.
But the prolonged gap in government-as-usual has come at a cost to the economy.
Hurricane Melissa tore off roofs and stripped trees of their leaves, including in many parts of Jamaica hit by Hurricane Beryl a year earlier.
Closely examining the claims companies make about a product can help you separate hype from reality. Flavio Coelho/Moment via Getty ImagesTechnological innovations can seem relentless. In computing, some have proclaimed that “a year in machine learning is a century in any other field.” But how do you know whether those advancements are hype or reality?
