'How Are You?' Has Lost All Meaning. Here's A Better Way To Greet People

You probably ask many of the people you interact with every day the same question: “How are you?” Yet this phrase, once a ...
KPBS

How has the Electoral College survived, despite being perennially unpopular?

Every presidential election cycle, constitutional law expert Alison LaCroix can count on people asking her one question when they learn what she does for a living. “Why do we have the Electoral ...
The New York Times

Has the impact of analytics on modern football been overstated?

The funny thing about the analytics movement in football — which has largely been inspired by a similar movement in baseball — is that the race to tell the story has been almost as keenly contested as ...
International Rescue Committee

How have the Trump administration’s policies impacted refugees?

Refugees are men, women and children who have fled their home country due to war, persecution, or political upheaval. Some eventually return when it’s safe to do so; others stay in temporary refugee ...
Yahoo

How have presidents altered the White House? A list of major renovations — and their costs — as Trump's East Wing demolition draws scrutiny.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo illustration: Julia Meslener/Yahoo News; photos: White House, Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (Photo illustration: Julia Meslener ...
NPR

How has the war in Gaza changed what it means to be Israeli?

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Shira Efron, senior fellow at RAND about how two years of war in Gaza has affected Israelis as a people. Two years on, an overwhelming majority of Israelis say they want an ...