Pessimism has become both widespread and persistent. In America consumer sentiment is near its lowest on record. Across ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The 41st Kinder Houston area survey, an assessment of Harris County residents' top-of-mind concerns, was released on Tuesday. The Kinder Institute released the results ...

In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world's major economies are trying to engineer higher birth rates. Policymakers from South Korea, Japan and Italy, for example, have all adopted ...

When Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he likely did not consider that the war he was starting would last for years. That war has cost Moscow a lot of men and material ...