Halfway through director Doug Liman's 1996 buddy comedy "Swingers," Mike (Jon Favreau) meets Nikki (Brooke Langton) while ordering a drink at a local dance bar. Fresh out of a six-year relationship, he makes awkward small talk with her, procures her number, and calls her later that night. When he gets Nikki's answering machine, it takes him a ...Read more

Remote work has transformed how millions of Americans approach their jobs. While many workplaces adopted telework out of necessity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the trend has evolved from a rare exception to common practice. It's impacted everything from public transportation patterns to housing markets to such a degree that some have called ...Read more

With technology transforming every aspect of peoples' lives, careers in science, technology, engineering, and math have taken off. The evolution of tech startups, mobile apps, social media platforms, artificial intelligence, and video games like Minecraft have all put STEM in the spotlight.

When the global pandemic accelerated digital ...Read more

About 88 million people worldwide practice a vegan diet, according to the World Animal Foundation, 13 million of whom live in the United States.

People abstain from meat and all other animal-derived products for various reasons, including religion, animal welfare, health, or the environment.

Showcasing a variety of plant-based fare, ...Read more

Health is generally top of mind in the new year. And while going to the gym and eating better are all noble goals, more Americans are choosing to cut down on alcohol as part of starting fresh in January.

The shift is largely due to "Dry January," the commitment to abstain from drinking for one month, a movement the British nonprofit Alcohol ...Read more

With drug overdose rates skyrocketing—deaths jumped from 8.2 per 100,000 people in 2002 to 32.6 in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—more attention than ever is focused on how to treat the public health crisis of addiction.

Roughly 17% of the U.S. population (48.5 million people aged 12 and up) had a ...Read more

Whether it's for sales meetings, trade shows, or conferences, travel is important for any business. But with increasing costs and a remote work model, corporate travel has become more complicated than ever.

This is why a corporate travel policy, or a set of guidelines to ensure your team is efficient with costs, understands their limits, and...Read more

Monthly credit card statements are causing consumers ongoing stress and concern.

After years of high inflation and rising interest rates, consumers are having trouble keeping up with their credit card bills.According to industry data compiled by BankRegData, nearly 3 in 4 consumers carry outstanding balances on their credit cards, and more ...Read more

The rise of fast fashion has blighted the environment. On the sun-drenched beaches of Accra, Ghana, sits a pile of discarded clothing. Beaches, once pristine, are now flooded with trashed garments that end up compressed in dirty heaps.

Lightning-speed textile manufacturing, cheaply produced clothing sold at low costs, and the quick churn of ...Read more

Twins, triplets, and other multiples have long caught the attention of "singletons," or those of us born without a built-in best friend by our sides. Twins—and the media—annually descend on Twinsburg, Ohio, for the Twins Days Festival; quintuplets get a shout-out in their local paper when they graduate from the same college; and who could ...Read more

Most financial experts agree that the best time to start using a credit card is 18, as long as one is equipped with the financial education to tackle the responsibility of taking on debt. The sooner someone can begin building a history with banks, the better.

In a country where taking part in the banking system is a necessary tool for ...Read more

While much of the recent conversation around caregiving in the United States has focused on the acute crisis of unaffordable child care and the challenges for parents, another issue is looming: caregiving for the country's fast-growing, aging and ailing population.

The U.S. population aged 65 and older grew five times faster than the total ...Read more

"It's hard to put a price tag, if you will, on the amount of human suffering that people are experiencing right now," Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. surgeon general, told All Things Considered in 2022, shortly after issuing an advisory that sounded the alarm on the epidemic of loneliness in the U.S.

Human connection keeps us healthy, but many ...Read more

Golfing among U.S. presidents is culturally embedded in the job—even if you come into the White House as a casual player. It's seen as a stress reliever for one of the toughest jobs in the world.

One of the first presidents to take up a club was William Howard Taft, who served from 1909 to 1913. Taft loved golf, so much so that it garnered...Read more

Since the green rush began, cannabis tourism has been in a particularly hazy territory. Forty states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana since the mid-90s, either for medical or recreational use, but the plant remains illegal at the federal level. According to the U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2022, more ...Read more

Americans are increasingly breathing toxic air as ozone smog rises and wildfires become more common and intense due to climate change.

Poor air quality impacts more than your lungs. Despite decades of progress, a 2024 American Lung Association report found that 11.7 million more people are breathing unhealthy air compared to last year.

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In an era where the average American spends a considerable amount of their waking hours staring at a smartphone screen, app choices have become a mirror reflecting evolving social habits, consumer behaviors, and digital dependencies.

An estimated 98% of American adults own mobile phones, according to Pew Research surveys conducted in 2024, ...Read more

What do Mary, Olivia, and Jennifer have in common? They've each had a turn as the most popular name for American girls born over the past 100 years.

Many of today's most popular girls' names borrow heavily from decades—and centuries—past. To show this, Spokeo used data from the Social Security Administration on popular baby names to ...Read more

As America's population ages and some state populations are expected to decline, demographic shifts may profoundly reshape the country's colleges and universities.

Academics have long worried about the enrollment cliff, a multiyear decline in traditional college-aged students following an anticipated peak in 2025. Although the total number ...Read more