How our schools fail poor kids before they even arrive for class
One of the simplest ways to put poor kids in a position to succeed is to make sure they eat breakfast. Studies have shown that eating the day's first meal...
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The crazy number of calories Americans eat during the Super Bowl, in one chart
If you want to explain the Super Bowl to someone who doesn't understand this country, you might want to skip football and go straight to this chart. It shows just...
The rise of the avocado, America’s new favorite fruit
America is in love with avocados. The country's appetite for the creamy versatile fruit (yes, avocados are fruit) has grown just about every year for the past 15 years, according...
There are only 3 countries in the world where your boss is more likely to be a woman
Nearly a third of all businesses around the world are now owned or managed by women, according to a new study by the International Labor Organization (ILO). That number is...
Why Chipotle’s pork problem is a bad sign for its future
Chipotle said this week that it has stopped serving pork at a third of its restaurants, or some 600 establishments countrywide, citing a standards violation by one of its suppliers....
Why Taco Bell is turning health menu into muscle menu
Like it or not, the paleo diet fad has now gone mainstream. This week, Taco Bell announced that it will be beefing up its menu — quite literally — by...