In 2017, there were over 11 million “opioid misusers” in the United States with the epidemic is expected to claim nearly half a million lives in the next decade.

Nick Routley · Visual Capitalist 19 Oct 2018

United States

Digital now accounts for half of all US advertising

A growing trend toward on-demand media consumption is causing a shift in the ad world and helping make the internet’s biggest names even bigger.

Sean Fleming 18 Oct 2018

Global Health

The percentage of unvaccinated toddlers in the US has quadrupled

Based on numbers from a 2017 survey, 1.3% of toddlers born in 2015 have yet to receive any vaccines, while for children born in 2011, that figure was 0.9%.

Kristin Houser · Futurism 17 Oct 2018

Financial and Monetary Systems

An economist explains why trade deficits aren't a bad thing

Trade deficits aren't necessarily bad for a country's economy.

William D Lastrapes · The Conversation 16 Oct 2018

United States

You can now pick a gender-neutral X option for birth certificates in New York City

People born in New York City who do not identify as male or female can now opt for a third gender category of X on their birth certificates.

Daniel Trotta · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 16 Oct 2018

United States

More women earned PhDs in the US than men last year

Women in the US might be earning more doctoral degrees than men, but it doesn’t mean they’ll end up earning as much.

Kate Whiting 15 Oct 2018

Sustainable Development

Seattle is adding people and buildings - but subtracting emissions

The Bullitt Center in Seattle offers an example of how buildings can reduce their carbon footprint and become more energy efficient.

Gregory Scruggs · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 15 Oct 2018

United States

A ‘bee highway’ is being created in Detroit, and it could help offset the dangerous decline of honeybees

The nonprofit Bees in the D is managing a network of beehives in Detroit to offset the decline of honeybees.

Business Insider 15 Oct 2018

Values

Openness to foreigners is ‘essential to who we are as a nation’, according to most Americans

The belief that openness to people from around the world is essential is widely shared across most demographic groups.

Hannah Hartig · Pew Research Center 12 Oct 2018

United States

US trade sanctions could hasten the dollar's demise as the main global currency

Barry Eichengreen explores the status of the dollar as an international currency.

Barry Eichengreen · Project Syndicate 12 Oct 2018

United States

Why US cities are changing the Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day

Los Angeles and many places across the US celebrated their first Indigenous Peoples' Day this year.

Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 11 Oct 2018

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

This US city has banned restaurants from throwing away food waste

A new rule means that, in Austin, Texas, restaurants must compost food waste or give it to others.

Koty Neelis · Green Matters 11 Oct 2018

Climate Change

7 postcards from a flooded world

The rising sea levels and heavy rain caused by climate change are affecting people and their livelihoods across the world today. Here are seven reports from an already flooding planet.

Annia Ciezadlo and Preethi Nallu · Orb Media 11 Oct 2018

Space

NASA's Voyager 2 probe is approaching interstellar space

If the recent cosmic ray signals are right, Voyager 2 will be the second man-made object to reach interstellar space.

NASA 10 Oct 2018

Climate Change

New York, London mayors encourage disinvestment from fossil fuel industry

Bill de Blasio and Sadiq Khan are withdrawing New York and London’s investments in fossil fuel companies and have launched an initiative to encourage other cities do the same.

Johnny Wood 09 Oct 2018

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