America’s Largest Military Bases
razihusin / Getty ImagesThe United States has by far the strongest military in the world, and to support the nation’s armed forces, America has established military bases in every state. The Department of Defense…
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Greatest Teams to Never Win a Championship
Each year, one team from each major sports league wins a championship. While all championship teams go down in history, only a handful are remembered as truly legendary. Squads like the 1972 Miami Dolphins,…
50 Counties With the Highest Unemployment
The Labor Department announced in early August that the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in July. The announcement marked the 94th consecutive month of job growth, the longest period of uninterrupted employment growth in…
50 Top Ranked Colleges That Pay Off the Least
The typical young college graduate earned about $50,000 in 2016, well above the typical recent high school graduate’s earnings of $31,800 a year. For those who can afford it, college is a good investment.…
America’s Melting Pot Cities
Since 2010, the population of the United States has increased by 5.5%. Nearly half of that population growth was due to international immigration. Of the net 7.2 million new residents to come to America…
Cities Americans Are Abandoning
Each year, roughly 40 million Americans, or about 14% of the U.S. population, move at least once. Much of that movement includes younger people relocating within cities, but it is trends of Americans moving…
Most Unusual Ancestry by State
The United States has always been a nation of immigrants. Some 14% of U.S. residents today were born outside of the country, and 93% identify with an ancestry other than American. On its annual…
Worst Cities to Find a Job
August 2018 marked the 94th consecutive month of job growth in the United States, a record high. The narrative of a nearly eight-year-long hiring boom does not tell the whole story, however, as the…
Worst Cities to Find a Job for Recent Graduates
The U.S. economy has added over 1 million jobs already this year, and the unemployment rate has hovered around 4%, lower than it has been in over a decade. With the strongest job market…
Places With the Most Unequal Health Outcomes
The average life expectancy for the U.S. population declined for two years in a row, falling from an all-time high of 78.8 years in 2014 to 78.6 years in 2016. The most significant declines…
States Where People Are Too Sick to Work
Each year, American workers miss more than half a billion days due to illness and injury. While taking a sick day can sometimes not be avoided, a number of studies have shown that certain…
Greatest Facial Hair in Sports History
As long as professional sports have been around, there have been interesting and entertaining players. In team sports, individualism can often be stifled, especially when it comes to fashion. Players must all wear the…
There Are 77 Jobs With Six-Figure Salaries
Choosing a career is one of the most consequential decisions many will make in their lifetime. The right job for one person is not necessarily the best choice for another, and a person’s job…
This Month’s Good News
August, when many people go on vacation, is usually a slow month for news as we start to look ahead to the fall. This year was no different, though there were some noteworthy news…
America’s Best Independent Coffee Shops
Coffee has been starting our engines and keeping us awake — and at least sometimes delighting our palates — for a very long time. The coffee plant is said to come originally from Ethiopia,…