The 'magic bullet' driving post-pandemic population revival of major US urban centers

A Brookings Institution analysis shows major U.S. metro areas experiencing post-pandemic growth. Immigrants from abroad are playing a large role. Read More

COVID-19 Pandemic

Fewer people are now able to work remotely in other states, old people have quit dying at the extraordinary rate they were during the COVID-19 pandemic ... five more prisons, analysts say. Read More

US homes sales dropped last month as prices reach record March high

Sales of previously owned homes in the United States fell in March as home prices climbed and mortgage rates held steady that month, reflecting the persistent pain of America’s affordability woes. Read More

4 NYC boroughs lost more people since COVID than 40 of the largest US counties — with the Bronx topping list: study

Manhattan’s New York County ranked fourth among the 40 largest counties in the US losing ... are at an all-time high, crime is down, and more people than ever want to live here,’’ a rep ... Read More

Only 9 percent of young Americans say US ‘headed in the right direction’: Survey

Only 9 percent of young Americans believe the U.S. is headed in the right direction, according to a new poll. The survey, released Thursday from Harvard Kennedy School’s Insitute of ... Read More

Healthiest Communities Rankings 2022

How well and even how long you live can be shaped by ... based on the assessments of more than a dozen leading experts on what matters most to a community’s health. Rank ... Read More

‘COVID changed us more than we realize’: What the pandemic taught us about the costs of loneliness

The virus has infected humans more than 700 million times ... social connection and community. Then COVID-19 arrived and showed us what it’s like to live without the few remaining areas of ... Read More

More than half of foreign-born people in US live in these 4 states

A new report released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau reveals new migration trends into the U.S. and which states have the highest foreign-born populations. Read More

The US's newest immigrants are more likely than native-born Americans to have a college degree, per Goldman Sachs

Recent US immigrants are more likely than native-born Americans to have a college degree. But they're less likely to have finished high school. Read More

More than 8 million asylum seekers will soon live in the US

The vast majority of the 8 million are now free to roam US streets, including 2 million 'high-priority ... above for more of the news you need. Congressman Wesley Hunt fires back at Charles ... Read More

10 best high-yield savings accounts in April 2024

High-yield savings accounts can offer better interest rates than regular savings accounts — in some cases more than 10 times the current average annual percentage yield (APY) of 0.46%. Read More

Abortions sharply increase in US despite bans in Republican-led states

More than 1m abortions performed in 2023, a 10% increase from 2020, according to Guttmacher Institute Abortions in the US ... s principal research scientist, Rachel Jones, said in a news release. Read More