Cities Hit Hardest By Extreme Poverty
There are almost 40 million people in the 48 contiguous U.S. states – about one in eight – living below the poverty level. That is defined as those with an annual income threshold of…
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The 50 Best Movies To Stream For Free This Month
Countless streaming services are now available to viewers in America, most of which charge a monthly fee. The array of movies such services make available may be well worth the money if you’re a…
States With the Most Identity Theft
Identity theft in the United States is rising. According to the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Network report, the number of reported cases more than doubled from 2019 to 2020. One possible reason for…
50 Best Movies to Stream on Amazon Prime Right Now
Even though it’s summer and you want to hit the beach, visit the parks, go hiking, play sports, and party at the clubs, Amazon is giving you plenty of reasons – at least 50…
20 Big Cities With the Worst Identify Theft Problem
Identity theft in the United States has become a concern. According to the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Network report, the number of reported cases more than doubled from 2019 to 2020. One possible…
The Worst City Parks for People With Allergies
With the arrival of summer, people yearn to be outside at a picnic, playing sports, fishing, or hiking, among many other activities. But for some of us, summer can be brutal because of hay…
The 30 Best College Majors for a Successful Career
The high school class of 2022 has graduated, and many of them will be going to college this fall. According to USA Facts, 66.2% of high school graduates will enroll in college within a…
States With the Oldest Houses
The oldest surviving residential structure in America, the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts, was built sometime around 1640 (it is a historical museum today). The youngest one? It is – or they are –…
Greatest Car Chases in Movies
Nothing says motion-picture escapism like a car-chase scene. It’s been an essential part of cinema since movies were created (the first example is considered to be a 1903 short in which a wealthy man…
Countries on Track to Shrink the Most This Century
The world’s population continues to grow and stands at 7.93 billion people as of March 21. The annual number of births outstrips the yearly death total by almost 18 million people. The population on…
The Best TV Pilots of All Time
They say you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression, and that certainly applies to television pilots. It’s hard enough for the creators of a show to convince media moguls that…
Countries Reporting the Most Cases of Monkeypox
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by a zoonotic virus (meaning that it can be transmitted from animals to humans) in the genus Orthopoxvirus – the same family of viruses that causes smallpox. (It…
America’s Best Companies to Work For, According to Black Workers
As we observe Black History Month, one question of interest is what are America’s best companies for Black workers? Recent findings from Glassdoor, a workplace review site, have helped to answer that question. To…
27 Black Inventors Who Made Life Easier
Percy L. Julian, an African American inventor, once said, “I have had one goal in my life, that of playing some role in making life a little easier for the persons who come after…
Movies With the Highest Body Count
Many of cinema’s most memorable scenes involve the death of an important character. It’s hard to think of some of Hollywood’s greatest films without the passing of someone of consequence: The Wicked Witch in…
This Is the Most Covered Song in Music History
The list of artists who reinterpreted and transformed songs made famous by other artists is endless. Think of José Feliciano’s restrained version of the Doors’ hit “Light My Fire.” Frank Sinatra, no admirer of…
The Largest Private Residence in Every State
A man’s home is his castle, so the saying goes. In the case of certain homeowners in the U.S., their home is a castle, a palace, a villa, a château, or a manor. Across America,…
This Is How Much a July 4th Cookout Costs This Year
There’s nothing more American than a barbecue on the Fourth of July. This year, the bite that you take out of that juicy hamburger will be nothing compared to the bite that soaring prices…
Largest Strike Waves in US History
The state of unions in America today is not heartening to the labor movement. In 1983, the first year for which data is available, some 20.1% of the American workforce, representing about 17.7 million,…
The Number of Space Travelers Every Year Since Space Travel Began
Since Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union became the first human to go into space in 1961, more than 500 people have traveled into the great beyond. Some estimates, including those from the…