2024's worst cities for grass allergies this summer
Lawn Love ranked nearly 380 U.S. cities to help determine 2024’s worst cities for grass allergies this…
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The outsourcing of housework is on the rise—and it's creating a shift both inside of the home and out
hampr spoke with industry experts, scholars, and domestic workers’ rights organizations to explore the rise and implications of outsourcing…
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Is AI as capable as humans? Here's how far artificial intelligence has come.
Image generation is just one area in which AI use is exploding. Verbit used data from academic research to see how AI is…
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How Pennsylvania secures mail ballots, prevents fraud, and makes sure votes count
Votebeat reports on how Pennsylvania is making sure its mail-in ballots are counted in its…
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Schools were just supposed to block porn. Instead they sabotaged homework and censored suicide prevention sites
The Markup reports on how students are speaking out against internet censorship in their…
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Governments are scrambling to control AI
Artificial intelligence has lawmakers concerned. Verbit analyzed news and government reports to see what laws are being passed to regulate…
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Texas elections officials shoulder new burdens to appease ballot-security skeptics
Votebeat reports that specially numbered ballot paper is the latest effort to address activists’ demands in Brazos County,…
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How gig work can help combat the loneliness epidemic
While loneliness is on the rise in the U.S., hampr reports that gig work could be part of the solution to…
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Dreamliner nightmare? Boeing 787 safety concerns raised
Way.com explores the latest safety concerns of Boeing’s…
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The 10 major US airports with the fastest free Wi-Fi
Airalo ranked the 10 major U.S. airports with the fastest free Wi-Fi, using Ookla data released in November…
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Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain
Stacker explored the work that doulas and birth workers are doing to uplift their communities and make giving birth safer for…
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Support for holding parents accountable for their children's crimes is growing in the US
The Marshall Project reports on the recent conviction of parents for a crime committed by their 15-year-old…
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Most military spouses have relocated at least once—here are their most common challenges
CitizenShipper examined data from the Active Duty Spouse Survey to find the most common hurdles military spouses face when their partner is…
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25 photos of what Paris looked like the last time it hosted the Olympics
Stacker dug through the archives to find photos of the 1924 Paris Olympics to show what the city looked like a century…
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Families are experiencing food insecurity as Americans grapple with higher grocery costs
Hunger is rising nationwide. Link2Feed analyzed data from the USDA to illustrate which Americans are more likely to go without…
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Cities don't have enough public bathrooms: Meet the influencer trying to change that
Next City reports that a New Yorker armed with a TikTok account is trying to open more public bathrooms for…
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Voters in 12 states may decide on abortion in 2024, including 3 states where abortion is confirmed on the ballot—Florida, Maryland and New York
Ballotpedia provides the most recent updates on abortion-related ballot measure certifications and potential…
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A visual history of campus protests in the US
Stacker compiled images of student-led demonstrations from the past century to contextualize the history of protests on American college…
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How the racial wage gap has fallen—and risen—over the past two decades
Xactly analyzed how the racial wage gap between white, Black, and Hispanic/Latino workers has changed since 2000 using Bureau of Labor Statistics…
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The towns outsmarting Airbnb to make more homes available for residents
Reasons to be Cheerful reveals how U.S. communities are cracking down on the short-term housing market to make more homes available for…
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