If the US paid reparations to descendants of enslaved people, the COVID-19 pandemic wouldn't have hit so hard across racial groups, research finds.

A new book about American poverty charts how and why the "land of opportunity" thinks about the issue in terms of "Red" and "Blue," or "us" and "them."

"You can have a good job, good insurance, do everything 'right,' and still find yourself struggling due to the nature of the healthcare system in the US."

The "Ocean 100," a small group of companies, make most of the money from the ocean economy, researchers report. That has implications for climate change.

"You can have a good job, good insurance, do everything 'right,' and still find yourself struggling due to the nature of the healthcare system in the US."

What happened with the GameStop stock saga and what does it mean for the future of the stock market? An expert breaks it down.

"An emerging body of research finds that pay secrecy policies... disadvantage women in particular."

People in places with less monetization report remarkable happiness, research finds. This upends assumptions about economic output and well-being.

If eviction moratoriums had been implemented nationwide on March 1, 2020, the United States would've seen 40% fewer COVID-19 deaths, a paper finds.

AAU president Barbara Snyder explains the very real costs of cutting research funding and how reinvesting in basic research can yield huge benefits.