People in the United States donated almost half a trillion dollars to charity for the third year in a row...

Every day, people text friends, use keyboards or listen to audiobooks. We couldn’t do any of these thi...

Americans can’t get enough of chess. And in the United States, they’re playing in multiple venues. Mil...

There are an estimated 1 billion people with disabilities worldwide. Their contributions benefit us all. ...

It’s a birthday party for everyone, young and old. It takes place at fairgrounds and parks, on beaches an...

Building on its long tradition of helping refugees, the United States has launched Welcome Corps, a progr...

Counterfeit goods, pirated software, and trade-secret theft costs legitimate businesses profits and can h...

In the U.S., the number of people who spoke a language other than English at home nearly tripled from 23....

Many Americans who made outsized contributions to society died over the past 12 months. They include a...

When disaster strikes around the world, workers and volunteers associated with World Central Kitchen rush...

In recent decades, greater numbers of rural American women have established their own farms. What’s mo...

President Biden has declared his first national monument: Camp Hale in Colorado. The site spans over 21,0...

Nakajima Ryoko is a “wheelchair influencer” who conveys messages through YouTube, television, and other m...

Ada Limón, the 24th U.S. poet laureate and the eighth woman in that role, brought her approachable poetry...

The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 was a groundbreaking step toward disabil...

There are now more Garcias in the United States than there are Millers or Davises. Shifts in prevalent...

The term “LGBTQI” may be familiar, but you might have seen “LGBTQI+” and wondered what the “+” at the end...

Local governments in many cities are tackling long-standing air quality issues, and many of them see posi...