Illegal tobacco is messing up economic data. That won’t stop until it’s managed like alcohol
Darling Downs Public Health UnitMost Australians have probably noticed the proliferation of tobacconists and “convenience st...
Health insurance premiums rose nearly 3x the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 years
Patients and employers are feeling the pain of increased health premiums.wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images PlusHealth insurance pr...
Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for American Jews
Chinese food has become a staple of many Jewish Americans' traditions each Dec. 25.Christina Horsten/picture alliance via Getty Im...
Are sanctuary policing policies no more than a public relations facade?
Federal agents in military fatigues chat with Chicago police officers in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025, aft...
Netflix-Warner deal would drive streaming market further down the road of ‘Big 3’ domination
Netflix's Hollywood studio offices at Sunset Bronson Studios in Los Angeles.Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty ImagesWhen…
How keeping down borrowing costs for mortgages and other loans is built into the Fed’s ‘dual mandate’
Home borrowing costs, like other long-term rates, are not directly controlled by the Fed – but they still feel its…
What 38 million obituaries reveal about how Americans define a ‘life well lived’
Obituaries provide a window into the prevailing traditions and moral values of their time.alexmillos/iStock via Getty Im…
Florida’s new reporting system is shining a light on human trafficking in the Sunshine State
Human trafficking can be hard to track because it is a crime that hides in plain sight.Mireya Acierto/Photodisc via Gett…
What does it mean to be a new national park? Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia may soon find out
Earth Lodge at Ocmulgee Mounds shows an example of earthworks that are over 1,000 years old.Skhamse1 via Wikimedia Commo…
The law meets its limits – what ‘Nuremberg’ reveals about guilt, evil and the quest for global justice
Leading Nazi figures were tried for war crimes at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.Raymond D'Ad…
Why can’t I wiggle my toes one at a time, like my fingers?
A baby chimp can grab a stick equally well with its fingers and its toes.Anup Shah/Stone via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is…
Putting pig organs in people is OK in the US, but growing human organs in pigs is not – why…
While research on human-pig chimeras is on an indefinite pause, xenotransplantation is moving ahead.wildpixel/iStock via…
From evil to upheaval and beyond: How the ‘axis’ metaphor shaped modern geopolitics
The world spins on its axis.iStock/Getty Images PlusThe plural of “axis” is “axes,” apparently. …
If you’re pregnant, do you have to tell your boss? And what are the rules for employers?
A Sydney warehouse worker fired by text message within two weeks of telling her employer she was pregnant has won her jo…
Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of one key phrase
When the justices weigh the arguments, they will focus on the meaning of the first sentence of the 14th Amendment, known…
Vaccine committee votes to scrap universal hepatitis B shots for newborns despite outcry from children’s health experts
For the past 34 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that all babies receive their firs…
3 states are challenging precedent against posting the Ten Commandments in public schools – cases that could land back at…
Students work under posters of the Ten Commandments and the Bill of Rights in a high school classroom in Kyle, Texas, on…
A culinary educator and local dining expert breaks down Michelin’s debut Philly list − and gives zero stars to the…
Working in restaurants is physically, mentally and emotionally taxing and often thankless work. So it was wonderful to s…