Researchers have documented and quantified the physical and mental health toll that immigrant children experience during and after detention.

Research in the journal Labour Economics pits three factors against each other to help explain why teen employment has been declining for decades.

The wealth gap between the wealthiest and the poorest makes the American Dream just a dream for many. But perception can affect policy, and research shows many Americans still want to believe in economic mobility.

Patients seeking mental health care deal with hurdles such as incorrect phone numbers, month-long delays in scheduling appointments and psychiatrists who refuse to accept insurance.

Knowing most people haven’t made time to read all 448 pages of the Mueller report, Harvard's Tom Patterson has created an abridged version.

University of Arizona associate professor Jeannine Relly talks with Journalist's Resource about how business lobbies have shaped public records law in the U.S. since the 1960s.

Is it possible to stem the tide of health misinformation on the internet? We summarized seven recent experimental studies on the efficacy of interventions used to correct false info online.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a jobs report every month. Here are key facts journalists should know before reporting on it.

Benzodiazepine prescriptions are on the rise. We explain the anti-anxiety drugs' potential for abuse, addiction and overdose.

New research finds that legalized abortion following Roe v. Wade accounts for 45% of the decline in U.S. crime rates over the past three decades. Some other economists are not convinced.