2020-01-18 Why Do American Newspapers Endorse Political Candidates?
On January 19, The New York Times will endorse a candidate seeking the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party. The…
2020-01-17 Historic Impeachment Trial of Trump Begins
The United States Senate officially opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Thursday. It marks only the third…
2020-01-17 Americans Drinking More Now Than Just Before Prohibition
One hundred years ago today, a ban on making and selling alcoholic drinks in the United States went into effect.…
2020-01-09 How Americans Decide to Go to War
Speaking at the White House on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump defended his targeted killing of an Iranian general. Qassem…
2019-12-11 US Lawmakers Charge Trump with Abuse of Office, Obstruction
The impeachment process against the president of the United States took another step forward Tuesday in the U.S. House of…
2019-12-06 US House Speaker Asks Lawmakers to Prepare Articles of Impeachment
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives has directed congressional leaders to take steps aimed at removing the…
2019-11-28 More US Restaurants Remove Dining Areas
Dining rooms are disappearing from restaurants in the United States, as Americans increasingly use apps to order food. One example…
2019-11-25 US Fastest Growing Jobs: Caring for the Wealthy
America’s extremely wealthy population is bigger than ever. And their money is supporting jobs for an increasing number of low-wage…
2019-11-20 California Hmong in Mourning After Deadly Attack
Members of the ethnic Hmong community in Fresno, California are in mourning after gunmen shot 10 men killing four over…
2019-11-18 Why American Houses Keep Getting Bigger
Many Americans like the idea of big, open spaces. So it might not be surprising that houses built in the…
2019-11-16 US College Newspaper’s Apology Leads to Debate over News Reporting
Student leaders of the newspaper covering Northwestern University have faced two waves of criticism recently. Readers were critical of the…
2019-11-17 American Voters Not Likely to Change Their Minds about Trump
This week political observers watched the first televised hearings of the impeachment investigation against U.S. President Donald Trump with interest.…
2019-11-15 US Report on School Shootings Suggests Most Are ‘Preventable’
A new study suggests that many of the deadly school shootings in the United States over the past 10 years…
2019-11-13 ‘Teachable Moment’: Impeachment
For just the fourth time in U.S. history, lawmakers are holding public hearings to debate the possible impeachment of an…
2019-10-30 Wildfires, Power Cuts Hit Northern, Southern California
Hundreds of thousands of families in California are being affected by wildfires in the state, and as many as 1.5…