Author: <span class="vcard">Evan Comen</span>
Thanks to advances in technology in recent years, a number of newer companies have achieved rapid growth and ascended the ranks of the Fortune 500. Amazon, for example, was founded in 1994 and now...
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2019 closed a decade in which the Earth’s temperature reached exceptionally high levels, contributing to the melting of glaciers and rising seas, according to the World Meteorological Organization....
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2019 closed a decade in which the Earth’s temperature reached exceptionally high levels, contributing to the melting of glaciers and rising seas, according to the World Meteorological Organization....
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A lot can happen in 365 days — and the world is a different place today, at the end of 2019, than it was at the beginning of the year. This year was marked by a seemingly endless procession of...
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Corporate scandals seem to have dominated the news cycle more than ever over the past 10 years. Amid widening income inequality and the aftermath of the Great Recession, many of the past decade’s...
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Companies invest time, and energy on research, development, and advertising before launching a product in the fiercely competitive U.S. market. All of this work does not always pay off. Some products...
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When the 21st Amendment repealed national prohibition in 1933, the power to regulate the sale and consumption of alcohol was left to the states. While 16 states explicitly prohibit the creation of...
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The U.S. military spent over $42 billion in research and development in 2018. Though much of this funding tends to go to weapons programs, a great deal of military research often ends up also having...
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Developed in 1963, the official poverty rate is based on pre-tax income thresholds related to the cost of a minimum food diet and the number of individuals who depend on that income. As federal...
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Developed in 1963, the official poverty rate is based on pre-tax income thresholds related to the cost of a minimum food diet and the number of individuals who depend on that income. As federal...
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This year marks the 55th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the landmark legislation outlawing racial segregation and other forms of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,...
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Los análisis de sangre evalúan cómo funcionan los órganos y ayudan a identificar anormalidades que, casi siempre, dan lugar a pruebas más específicas. En una entrevista con 24/7 Wall St., el...
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While about 90% of all elementary and secondary school students in the United States attend public schools, there are some 5.8 million students who are enrolled in private schools. Private schools...
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There were 369 violent crimes reported for every 100,000 Americans in 2018, nearly the lowest violent crime rate in the United States in more than three decades. In an interview with 24/7 Wall St.,...
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The wealth of a neighborhood’s residents is one of the largest drivers of education inequality nationwide. According to the most recent statistics from the Department of Education, property...
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