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50 facts about food insecurity in America

After years apart, they found their loved ones experiencing homelessness

Julie Crossman sitting on a stoop wearing a red long-sleeve shirt, is the sister of Nanie Crossman who she lost touch with, in Oakland on April 8, 2025

Trump is targeting sanctuary cities. But what is a sanctuary city, anyway?

People hold signs in support of sanctuary city mayors outside the U.S. capitol, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Government

Why Trump wants to ban barcodes on ballots, and what it means for voters and election officials

Election workers scan ballots at the scanning stations of the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office and Election Warehouse on Election Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 5, 2024.

Without AmeriCorps rural communities will lose essential social services

Americorps reading tutor Kelly Meany, L, gives one-on-one reading instructions to 7-year-old 2nd grader Madissen Moody at C.W. Harris Elementary School in D.C where Corps members play a huge role in DC public schools, teaching kids to read and acting as role models, on Friday, September 19, 2014

Society

Quality time is the most popular love language in America—here's how the others rank

A multiracial couple having quality time by a campfire outdoors.

Society

Incarcerated firefighters do risky, low-pay work. Many say it's the best job behind bars.

Inmates (in orange) help firefighters (L) to extinguish the last embers in the hills of Mandeville Canyon after the Palisades Fire burned part of it in January 2025.

Society

With 'giving circles,' anyone can be a philanthropist

Attendees during the "An Impact Las Vegas" event.

Society

Gen Z yearns for safety and kindness, new UCLA study finds

A group of three Gen Z friends laughing and hanging out in the city.

Society

Swipe left: How online dating has changed the search for love and what seekers are doing about it

Illustration of couple sitting on rotary telephone.

Society

New study reveals what Americans perceive as ideal weight

A woman on checking body measurements with a tape and checking weight on a scale.

Society

How young is too young to have a smartphone? 5 of the biggest parenting questions about smartphones, answered.

A girl laughing while looking at a phone.

Society

Valentine's Day gift guide: Jewelry for every relationship

An engagement ring surrounded with rose petals on top of a calendar with February 14th circled.

Society

Never married and never happier? How attitudes about marriage are changing among singles in America.

Close up of couple's hands holding in cafe.

Society

The dos and don'ts of proposing

A lesbian couple showing off an engagement ring and celebrating a happy engagement with their friends.