May's Jobs Report: Very Disappointing

. Economists were expecting a modest 158,000 jobs to be added last month, meaning that May’s disappointing jobs report will almost surely be read as a sign of a slowing economy. It is the smallest number of jobs added in a monthly jobs report since 2010.

oughly 35,000 Verizon workers were on strike in the month of May, but they returned to work this week after an agreement between Verizon and its union was reached

Recreational readers tend to have higher academic achievement and greater economic success, and even display more civic-mindedness.

eading now competes for children’s time with many other alluring activities, including television, social media, and video games. Most leisure time is now spent in front of a screen.

n some cases, parents must also sign this log before their child turns it in to the teacher.

Approximately 9,090 women in the United States had abortions after their 21st week of pregnancy in 2012

xceptions for medical emergencies or fetal anomalies

states like South Carolina, it can be difficult or even impossible to find an abortion provider who will perform the procedure at that stage.

et's say there's a person you're interested in, but they only eat processed cheese.

So why does our brain work this way? It might be an evolutionary defense mechanism.

human social cognition

no physical evidence

until 2012

Factors leading to wrongful convictions include:

Not Everyone Is Beautiful

But in our culture, women are pretty much a one-note instrument.

Because if we acknowledge that physical appearance is your primary scale of value, we have to acknowledge that this is an unfair and unreasonable way to run things.

But in Southeast Asia, there are a few incredible kids who are closer than the rest of us to achieving these aquatic dreams.

They can see clearly underwater and hold their breath for twice as long as the rest of us.

so that they can help the rest of the tribe

John Kaisch has done quite a lot to present himself as moderate

So aside from general moderateness, are there any specific issues that should indicate any of the candidates lean further to the left or right than there platform suggests?UpdateCancelAnswer Wiki

But I can't understand why you would support someone as hateful, sexist, racist and ignorant as Donald Trump.

It's not okay to marginalize an entire race of people, saying things like all the Mexicans are lazy, that they are all stealing our jobs and bringing drugs into our country.

We're all human. Some humans are really bad people. Some are really good. And it doesn't matter what color they are, it makes no difference whatsoever

studies show that pursuing overly-ambitious goals can be harmful.

how it ought to develop ("the scientific method")

Kuhn's version of how science develops differed dramatically from the Whig version.

During evolution, dolphins may have increased the computational performance of their cytoarchitectonically ‘simple’ neocortex by a multiplication of relevant structures (resulting in a hypertrophic surface area) instead of increasing its complexity.

There was an obvious difference in the way my rapist and I had interpreted the incident, and his response gave little indication of any remorse for the irreparable damage done that night.

1 in 4 women who are sexually assaulted during their college years

Describing this phenomenon he calls the globalization of indifference, Francis writes that “whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor. God’s voice is no longer heard, the quiet joy of his love is no longer felt, and the desire to do good fades.” He continues that, “We end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for other people’s pain, and feeling a need to help them, as though all this were someone else’s responsibility and not our own.”

push a repeal bill through the House and Senate for the first time, reveling in their impending failure to actually achieve anything. Obama just officially ended the party.

"Because of the harm this bill would cause to the health and financial security of millions of Americans, it has earned my veto."

"It’s no surprise that someone named Obama vetoed a bill repealing Obamacare," he said. "But we will hold a vote to override this veto, taking this process all the way to the end under the Constitution."

"The stakes are clear," Clinton wrote of the slate of cases now pending before the court. "In a single term, conservative justices could undermine virtually every pillar of the progressive movement."

"Those who care about the fairness of elections, the future of unions, racial disparities in universities, the rights of women, or the future of our planet, should care about who appoints the next justices," Clinton wrote.

The current demographics of the Supreme Court are what make the coming election such a relevant issue.

In an environment where it is expected -- and sometimes even seems trendy -- to not get enough sleep, it has been hard to remain steadfast with my habits.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recommends 7-8 hours of sleep per night for adults, with some variation from person to person. Insufficient sleep is associated with numerous chronic conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and depression.

getting sufficient sleep is not a luxury -- it is a necessity -- and should be thought of as a 'vital sign' of good health."

3,700 migrants from overcrowded and unsafe boats in the last two days

18 different boats

There is no need to say that you care only for one country and not another, and there is no need to say that one tragedy is worse than another.

this is the moment where we have the potential to show the greatest humanity.

If you are a non-Muslim, give your love and compassion to a Muslim.

petroleum distillates or coal tars

human carcinogen

reproductive success