Is it too late to avoid an economic recession?
Tick, Tick, Boom These are historic times. We got another piece of data yesterday, but the puzzle is still not solved. The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark policy rate by 75 basis points […]
Which of the world’s largest economies has the most firearm deaths?
In the wake of many recent mass shootings, U.S. President Joe Biden is calling for new gun safety restrictions, including the possibility of expanding background checks and banning the sales of assault weapons. You […]
Is it time to bring back the assault weapons ban?
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday night that the lower chamber would move on legislation aimed at banning the sale of assault weapons like the AR-15 or similar styles in the U.S. Weapons […]
You can carry a gun without a permit in these states
The not-guilty verdict in the court case against Kyle Rittenhouse has ignited a debate about self-defense laws and also gun carry laws in the United States. In August 2020, Rittenhouse, then 17 years old, […]
These states have laws requiring LGBTQ+ school curriculum
Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed his state’s much-discussed Parental Rights in Education bill, much more frequently called the Don’t Say Gay bill, into law. While his signature was the final step for the legislation […]
This country is most supportive of marriage equality
According to a new survey among 19,000 people in 27 countries carried out by Ipsos, Sweden, the Netherlands and Belgium were among the countries most supportive of the rights of same-gender couples. Maybe more […]
Just how many Americans identify as LGBT+?
With Pride Month under way, LGBT+ Americans and allies are celebrating with parades, festivals drag shows and more. So, how many Americans actually identify as LGBT? According to a 2020 Gallup poll reported by Statista, which […]
This LGBT+ group is most likely to experience hate crimes
Transgender people in the United States are four times more likely to be the victim in a crime than cisgender people, research out of the Williams Institute at the University of California Los Angeles School […]
These are the world’s richest companies
According to the Forbes Global 2000 published Thursday, Saudi state oil company Saudi Aramco is once again the world’s most profitable company as oil prices recovered in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
New York’s last public pay phone goes bye bye
In 1889, inventor William Gray and developer George A. Long installed the first pay phone at a bank in Hartford, Connecticut. By 1902, there were 81,000 pay phones in the United States. The number […]