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There's a reason Great Smoky Mountains National Park is America's most visited national park.

Researchers have found proof of how much the end of the office will impact productivity

There are lots of high-concept showcases of futuristic shopping experiences featuring AI and robots, but we’ve got a while before we get to that. Here’s a more realistic look at stores of the future and why inclusivity is paramount for all businesses.

How merchandising, menus and – curiously – religion became key parts of the fast-food chain’s DNA.

Disagreements are common among researchers over who should be listed as an author and in what order, according to a new survey.

Home prices in the U.S. are now 41% higher than their last peak during the housing boom in 2006.

A new FBI report shows hate crimes in Colorado rose to their highest level in at least 30 years.

Genetic ancestry tests, changes to how census responses were categorized and more children born to parents who identify with different racial groups led to a 276% jump in the multiracial population.

Inflation has continued to concern investors into the month of August, causing many growth stocks to give back any footing they gained in the prior month. Since the February top in tech growth, only select names in the cloud and semiconductor space, as well as big tech, are at new highs, while many high fliers from last year are still building a base.

The Parkers suspected they were victims of what’s known as “appraisal discrimination.” That’s when a home is valued lower than its actual worth because of the owner’s race. A federal task force is studying the problem and is scheduled to make recommendations by early 2022.

Even accounting for factors lenders said would explain disparities, people of color are denied mortgages at significantly higher rates than white people.

Hello to my Housing Notes subscribers... ...lots of fresh housing market information and good reads awaiting discovery by you... Jonathan Miller

The U.S. counties with the largest share of homes facing high heat, drought, fire, flood and storm risk are becoming more populous due to migration.

Ask anyone their opinion on one of the many political and ethical divides of the moment, and you will receive a strong opinion as to what “ought” to be. While people tend to appeal to logic to justify their stance, many of these positions are actually guided by their personal values. Our values are our ... Read more

If anyone tells you that “facts are useless in an emergency,” give them a bad grade.

Sociologists of education frequently draw on the cultural capital framework to explore the ways in which educational institutions perpetuate inequality in schools and the larger society. However, the...

The following is a guest post by Victoria Reyes. I used to write columns for Inside Higher Ed, for example, that pinpointed practices that can help grad students, postdocs, and faculty not jus…

Families across the country have grown more diverse. A design change in the census form also allowed the government to report people’s identity in greater detail.

Renowned psychologist Dan Ariely literally wrote the book on dishonesty. Now some are questioning whether the scientist himself is being dishonest.

With TikTok Shopping, Shopify is the first commerce platform to bring organic product discovery and shopping tabs to TikTok, helping creators and merchants deepen their relationships with consumers

Social commerce is a fast-growing segment of the US ecommerce market that’s garnering more attention and investment from media companies and brands.