There is a major flaw in the way we currently assess school students. By labelling them as either “good” or “poor” learners based on their overall grades at the end of each year, students have no clear idea whether they are making progress over extended periods of time.

In a recent study, American participants placed Muslims and Mexican immigrants significantly closer to the ape-like ancestor than Americans as a whole.

As rents rise and independent businesses in Minneapolis lose their leases to large national chains, a first-of-its-kind co-op found a solution.

Access to health insurance can help hold a community together socially, and lack of it can help fray neighborhood cohesion, report researchers.

Author George Lakey explains why Scandinavia tops world lists for equality, health, and happiness.

As Donald J. Trump assumes the presidency and lays out his agenda for our country, he will likely proclaim himself, as he did in the campaign, the voice of "the forgotten Americans."

'Our job is to encourage every person in this country to get all of the education they can, not to punish them for getting that education,' Sanders says in New York

After four years without an independent grocery store, the residents of Iola, Kansas, found a way to bring one back.

Imagine you received a Facebook message from a friend, for example, with news that your favorite football team is moving to another state.

In rolling back decades of social and environmental progress, will Trump also expose the Great Growth Con? The con promises that economic growth—measured by gross domestic product—will benefit everyone, rich and poor alike.

Employer associations are predicting a raise in the federal minimum wage will cause employers to lay off workers.

Young people entering the workforce today are far less likely to earn more than their parents when compared to children born two generations earlier, new research shows.

Since social scientists and economists began measuring poverty, its definition has never strayed far from a discussion of income.

When federal crop insurance rules stymied Gail Fuller’s attempts to innovate, he knew something had to change.

A cancer diagnosis can be a serious financial hardship for many elderly and disabled patients on Medicare, with annual out-of-pocket costs ranging from $2,116 to $8,115, on top of what they pay for health insurance, a new survey shows.

New research links income inequality with greater civic engagement among young people—particularly among young people of color and those of lower socioeconomic status.

Teachers communicate with parents based on their racial and immigrant backgrounds—not just their child’s academic performance—research finds.

A common argument for the decline in employment in recent years is that more workers are dropping out of the labor force to live off public benefits, particularly Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).

Trump's transition site says administration will 'modernize Medicare'—code for Ryan-style death by privatization

In all parts of the United States, the number of neighborhoods that are home to a mix of black, white, Asian, and Hispanic residents is growing.

The two largest soda makers in the US use their sponsorships of health organizations to bolster their image, which helps them lobby against public health bills, a new study suggests.

New research finds racial disparities in emergency treatment for certain types of pain, specifically backaches and stomachaches.

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science has just been awarded to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström for building the foundations of contract theory.