Homelessness is often thought of as intractable, ever-present. Yet social entrepreneur Rosanne Haggerty demonstrates how it can be solved. One hundred U.S. cities and counties collaborate through her ...

Location plays a critical role in determining the health, well-being and life expectancy of some 330 million Americans. Healthiest Communities, a U.S. News rankings and analysis platform, explores how ...

The Healthiest Communities rankings from U.S. News & World Report show how nearly 3,000 U.S. counties and county equivalents perform across 92 metrics in 10 health and health-related categories. The ...

Nearly 170 years ago, a physician who had been born into a poor family used data to stop a cholera epidemic in London’s then-marginalized Soho neighborhood. By interviewing residents and plotting the ...

I used to think I was a misanthrope. I’ve never really felt comfortable in groups. One of my earliest recollections of this feeling was in middle school—an awkward effort to “find my tribe.” But, once ...

Aristotle called humans “the social animal,” and people have recognized for centuries that young people need to be in communities to develop into healthy adults. The ongoing pandemic has caused ...