Independent Analysis and Reportage
An adult can read at a fifth grade level and still be a productive employee or caregiver who navigates practical life with competence.
Evidence suggests that people who receive syringes from a needle exchange are less likely to dispose of them improperly.
Whether in Kenya or California, herders face dangerous temperatures and difficult conditions that put a strain on their health.
To understand what’s in the smoke you might be breathing, you have to look at where it’s been.
Extended producer responsibility policies are gaining steam in the US, but what they entail can differ widely from state to state.
Terms that are direct analogs to sexual intercourse are widely used to describe connector ends, but the language is evolving away from those problematic words.
Ideas from QAnon’s conspiracy theory have appeared on government social media sites during Trump’s second term and continue to divide America amid social and economic crises.
New data from a global rights-tracking project shows the country had large declines in 2025 on 8 of the 9 civil and political rights it measures.
In poetry, speculation might help us make sense of what it means to live with an uncertain climate future.
The vast majority of people around the world are lactose intolerant. But American propaganda and scientific biases have made milk and dairy products a staple in global diets.
How big policy areas like crime, education, transport and energy have changed.
Feeling prepared helped children with their worries.