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Does Poverty Fend Off Autism?

(Sept. 22) -- That children born to well-off homes are more vulnerable to autism has been a topic of curiosity and research among experts for decades. But a new study of around half a million American children, published this week in PLoS One, adds some startling concrete numbers to that aspect of the ongoing investigation...

Poverty Rate Isn't Only Bad News for US Economy Lately

(Sept. 16) -- As the American economy shows some signs of pulling out of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, a host of dire statistics paints a less-than-rosy fiscal portrait for poor and middle-class citizens. Growing Poverty Rate The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the poverty rate in America...

Opinion: There's More to the Pay Gap Story

(Sept. 1) -- The "pay gap" between men and women is much in the news these days. Ninety years after women gained the right to vote, a typical story reports, we still earn 77 cents on the dollar. But what if there's more to the story? Some new data show that the question of why people earn more or less is quite nuanced. In...

Opinion: Are Coupons Worth the Effort?

(July 6) -- I grew up in a coupon-clipping household. Before each grocery shopping trip, my mom would write her shopping list on an envelope, pull coupons from her little file box and stuff them inside. It's a habit I kept when I started shopping for myself after college. I'd look through the Sunday paper, find a coupon...

Census Matchup: New Orleans vs. Indianapolis

(Feb. 3) -- Football analysts will spend this week crunching numbers to predict whether the Saints or the Colts will win Super Bowl XLIV. The U.S. Census Bureau has some stats of its own about New Orleans and Indianapolis. Although they don't offer any insights about the outcome of Sunday's championship game, they do show...