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1. Americans Support Local Food Markets to Feel Part of Something Bigger Than Themselves

   More Americans than ever before are supporting their local food markets, and it's not just because they believe the food is fresher and tastes better.

2. Study Suggests Earning a College Degree Before, But Not After, Getting Married Protects Against Obesity

   People who earn a college degree before getting married are much less likely to become obese than those who graduate from college after getting married, according to a new study.

3. Consumers Increasingly Face Companies’ Creative Smoke and Mirrors, Study Finds

   Heavily marketed as a safer, healthful alternative to smoking, electronic cigarettes are under fire from California health officials who have declared "vaping" a public health threat, hoping to head off the type of deceptive manipulation that tobacco companies succeeded with for decades, according to researchers. 

4. Keep Your Enemies Close? Study Finds Greater Proximity to Opponents Leads to More Polarization

   Encouraging adversaries to have more interpersonal contact to find common ground may work on occasion, but not necessarily in the U.S. Senate, according to new research.

5. Pressure to 'Publish or Perish' May Discourage Innovative Research, Study Suggests

   The traditional pressure in academia for faculty to "publish or perish" advances knowledge in established areas. But it also might discourage scientists from asking the innovative questions that are most likely to lead to the biggest breakthroughs, according to a new study spearheaded by a UCLA professor.

6. Study: Probation for Schools Spurs Transfer Patterns Linked to Family Income

   Schools placed on probation due to subpar test scores spurs transfer patterns linked to household income, a study by New York University (NYU) sociologists finds.

   Their study of a school accountability program in the Chicago Public Schools reveals that families were responsive to new information about school quality and that those with more financial resources were the most likely to transfer to other schools in the district or to leave the district altogether.

7. Getting the Most Out of the U.S. Healthcare System

   Kids with life-threatening illnesses need cutting-edge technology and medical expertise, but families face uneven access and paths to such care.

8. The Challenge of Diverse Public Schools

   Decades of successful integration efforts are at stake when one school district fights over school proximity and school "balancing."

9. The Superstrong Black Mother

   When a Baltimore mom hit her son to keep him away from protests, many applauded her—but the myth of the superstrong Black mother does more harm than good.

10. Pride and Prejudice and Professionalism

    LGBT educators struggle to balance professionalism and pride in the classroom, splittling, knitting, or quittting, in the words of the authors.