Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine
Although many people in these struggling regions voted for the new president, his cynical answers will not bring them prosperity. But I saw what could.
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- Written by: James Ward, University of South Australia; et al.
Our economy and society ultimately depend on natural resources: land, water, material (such as metals) and energy.
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- Written by: Stanford University
Proponents of “school choice” say that voucher programs—which allow parents to use state education funds to enroll their children in private schools
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- Written by: Gerry Everding, Washington University in St. Louis
As House Republicans labor to define a new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, often called “Obamacare,” public support for the 2010 legislation is at an all-time high, according to a national survey taken in January.
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- Written by: Isaiah J. Poole, OurFuture.org
President Trump on Tuesday night made what he told a meeting of governors on Monday would be “a big statement” on infrastructure spending.
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- Written by: Chuck Collins, YES! Magazine
The wealthy will not be able to build a wall high enough or a silo deep enough. The only solution is to bring your wealth home and invest in community resilience to ensure the survival of all.
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- Written by: Kevin Shih, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Immigrants have long been a scapegoat when economies are sputtering, jobs are being lost or security is a concern.
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- Written by: Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams
Plans put forth by House Speaker Paul Ryan and HHS Secretary Tom Price are 'unlikely' to fulfill President Donald Trump's campaign promises—'but single payer could'
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- Written by: Sheena Rice, University of Missouri
In 2014, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federal program to address food insecurity in the United States, provided $70 billion in nutrition support to 46.5 million families and children living in 22.7 million American households.
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- Written by: Jill Rosen, Johns Hopkins University
A survey of about 1,500 extremely disadvantaged families in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio shows teenagers go without food twice as often as their younger brothers and sisters.
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- Written by: Bert Gambini, University at Buffalo
Older Americans with less money and education are much more like to suffer from chronic pain than wealthier adults with more education.
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- Written by: Suzanne Rice, University of Melbourne; Helen Watt, Monash University, and Paul Richardson, Monash University
Quality teaching is one of the largest influences on student learning. Yet, not all students have access to a great teacher.
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- Written by: Geoff Masters, Australian Council for Educational Research
There is a major flaw in the way we currently assess school students. By labelling them as either “good” or “poor” learners based on their overall grades at the end of each year, students have no clear idea whether they are making progress over extended periods of time.
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- Written by: Julie Sloane, University of Pennsylvania
In a recent study, American participants placed Muslims and Mexican immigrants significantly closer to the ape-like ancestor than Americans as a whole.
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- Written by: Christa Hillstrom, YES! Magazine
As rents rise and independent businesses in Minneapolis lose their leases to large national chains, a first-of-its-kind co-op found a solution.
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- Written by: Jim Patterson, Vanderbilt University
Access to health insurance can help hold a community together socially, and lack of it can help fray neighborhood cohesion, report researchers.
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- Written by: Valerie Schloredt, YES! Magazine
Author George Lakey explains why Scandinavia tops world lists for equality, health, and happiness.
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- Written by: Leonard Steinhorn, BillMoyers.com
As Donald J. Trump assumes the presidency and lays out his agenda for our country, he will likely proclaim himself, as he did in the campaign, the voice of "the forgotten Americans."
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- Written by: Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams
'Our job is to encourage every person in this country to get all of the education they can, not to punish them for getting that education,' Sanders says in New York
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- Written by: Melissa Hellmann, YES! Magazine
After four years without an independent grocery store, the residents of Iola, Kansas, found a way to bring one back.
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- Written by: Jim Logan, University of California, Santa Barbara
Imagine you received a Facebook message from a friend, for example, with news that your favorite football team is moving to another state.
