We all know college can be expensive, but over the last few decades tuition costs in the U.S. have been…

Over 1800 teen suicides and fewer than 20 deaths by school shootings per year. Why are we considering spending money…

As many of us know, (whether we want to or not) Justin Bieber was arrested on charges of a DUI…

Hopefully someday they will all come to SavvyRoo for less rhetoric and more facts and many, many sources. Until then…

Luxembourg allotted one percent of it's Gross National Income (GNI) for developmental aid in 2012. The United States gave over…

As the chart above shows, Obama has been downright thrifty in issuing executive orders by historical standards. His 168 executive…

Ferguson police are much more likely to stop, search and arrest African-American drivers than white ones. When stopped, blacks are…

The United States designated $682.5 billion to military expenditures in 2012, nearly level with the $683.4 spent by the 11…

Well, it depends on where you live. These results aren't particularly surprising, but they reveal how much people's experience at…

Raising the minimum wage is simply not a controversial issue — except on Capitol Hill. Poll after poll reveals that…

The USFG’s budget is always under criticism from both sides of the aisle, but why don’t our lawmakers take a…

Really? What's more important? Because it isn't as though human trafficking and child slavery aren't real issues.

Luckily for Hobby Lobby, their case was decided by nine Supreme Court Justices, not the public. A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll…

The UN has seen a substantial leap in its budget in just the last decade, jumping from $1.5 billion in…

The authors of "Minimum Wages," a book released in 2008, reviewed 100 studies concerning wages that have been published since…

The proposed Keystone XL pipeline has the potential to create 1,950 jobs and pump $3.4 billion into the US economy.…

Abortion-restriction laws have swept through state legislatures since 2010. All chambers have been Republican-controlled, except in Rhode Island. Women make…

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with 24% of the world's prisoner population, while only…

Most black people (much more so than white people) say that blacks face a lot of discrimination. And they would…

The Black Market is an incredibly lucrative industry in the United States with an estimated value exceeding hundreds of billions…

Since the passage of the sweeping regulatory overhaul package designed to prevent another dramatic financial collapse, a new wave of…

When the policy-preferences of median-income Americans were compared to actual government policies enacted, the public majority's interests were found to…

States supporting Freedom to Marry

According to a recent study released by the American Action Forum (AAF), 6 out of 7 young adults will benefit…

A recent Gallup poll indicates despite beliefs that economic conditions are improving, "Americans are increasingly pessimistic about the future of…

Arne Duncan’s latest gaffe highlights the critical inequities of federal education “reforms.” Reversing these trends will require policymakers to acknowledge…

How happy are you? Very happy? Somewhat happy? After 40 years of research, social scientists have attributed happiness to 3…

A new report highlights the numerous ways “young voters of color” are affected by restrictive voting laws that have been…

According to UN statistics, there is an estimated US $31.6 billion of global profits generated from the exploitation of all…

According to a 2013 Gallup poll, 47% of people surveyed believe that being gay or lesbian is something a person…

There are 196 countries on Planet Earth. 92% of them mandate time off each week, 95% of them mandate paid…

In the United States, maternity leave is a state matter. A 2012 report by the International Labor Organization gave all…

Just over half of consistently conservative Americans believe empathy is an especially important value to pass on to their posterity.…

According to a majority of Brazilians, the World Cup will ultimately hurt the nation's economy. This statistic follows other polls…

The IRS says that due to a computer crash, email correspondence that could possibly incriminate the Internal Revenue Service is…

Even though nearly 6-in-10 Americans believe that gun crime has increased in the last twenty years, in actuality, it has…