Despite dire warnings of a ‘postliterate’ generation, data suggests Gen Z is still reading – just in ways many traditional studies fail to capture.
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Armed with rolls of film, some young people are opting out of their algorithmic feeds in favor of experiencing life in ways that feel more deliberate, personal and tangible.
The US lacks the capacity to treat long COVID, and HHS defunding is taking the country further away from being able to handle the country’s growing number of long COVID cases.
Research shows that social isolation plays a major role in quality of life and risk of death in people with COPD.
Florida relies on marketplace plans far more heavily than any other state. If subsidies are eliminated, health insurance will be unaffordable for many Floridians.
Before universal vaccination for hepatitis B began in 1991, 18,000 children contracted the virus by age 10 each year, and most of them developed chronic illness and liver damage. Vaccination reduced those infections by 95%.
PBS KIDS produces popular age-appropriate programs. It also has a website and multiple apps with games and activities.
Florida has the third-largest population of immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally, but that population has been steadily shrinking since 2018.
That’s a huge change from 2019, when remote work accounted for only 7% of the nation’s paid workdays, even if it’s a big decline from 2020.
The sliver of charitable dollars funding LGBTQ+ organizations rose in inflation-adjusted terms to $823 million in 2021 from $387 million in 2012.
The charitable deduction vanished for the 30 million taxpayers who stopped itemizing in 2018, the year the tax changes took effect.
This trend may surprise you, given the attention the public, policymakers, politicians and the media paid to food insecurity at the height of the pandemic.
It turns out that identifying as a reader can be more about community, wealth and gender than how much someone actually reads.
Nearly half of all students who enroll in college never finish. Are colleges and universities to blame?
A civil engineer lays out the physics behind Dali’s crash into the Francis Scott Key Bridge pier.
It’s tempting to see this trend as a sign of the times. But the biggest book publishers started changing their approach only once they realized they were leaving money on the table.
What makes the NFL’s embrace of gambling so striking is that for most of its history, the league had pushed the government for stricter regulations – not more lenient ones.
Because the economy gained 3 million jobs in 2023, unions had to draw hundreds of thousands of new members just to hold their ground.
The findings push back against the notion that many transgender people end up wishing they hadn’t gone through with gender-affirming surgeries.
Though they’re sometimes characterized as attention-addled homebodies, younger people see a real value in libraries − one that goes beyond books.
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Professor of Book Publishing and Digital Humanities, Portland State University
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Associate Professor of Publishing, Portland State University
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Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Interim Director of Data & Research Partnerships at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Government, American University
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Interim Director of the Women's Philanthropy Institute, Indiana University
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Associate Vice Provost for Health Sciences and Associate Professor, Mississippi State University
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Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Statistics, Virginia Tech
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Professor of Sociology, The Ohio State University
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Scientist, National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
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Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Urology, University of Miami
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Associate Professor of Communication, Boston College
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Associate Professor of Health and Wellness Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Agribusiness, Oklahoma State University