In 2023, the national median household income was $74,225, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Using their formula, this means that if your yearly household income fell between $50,000 and $150,000, you were considered to be in the middle class by the government. About 51% of American adults ...
During the early 20th century, the sugar industry in Utah was thriving. The Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., with strong backing from leaders in the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, became one of this state’s most important businesses. But it faced growing competition from cheaper ...
It seems natural for us to wonder what might live outside of our own neighborhoods. We imagine mythological creatures in deep woods and we search for systems of life in deep ocean trenches. And once we realized that each pinhole of light puncturing our dark sky is a physical place, it became ...
“Hey, do you guys like the Everly Brothers?” We aren’t expecting that. But as we sit in an endless line of stopped cars, the question floats to us from a young fellow sitting in the back seat of a car facing the other direction. Both lanes are jammed, a collective of carloads of trapped ...
Don't be fooled by the name — what a bill claims to do and what it actually does are often very different. That's certainly the case with the so-called "Inflation Reduction Act." While the IRA promised savings for Americans, what we've seen instead are higher premiums, reduced access for ...
It is no secret that China has weaponized control of the world’s mineral supply chains. We’ve already seen this when both the Biden and Trump administrations challenged China’s unfair trade practices. Beijing has responded by simply restricting or banning the export of minerals needed for ...
