The combination of wage stagnation and increasing costs of living is making homeownership more difficult to achieve.

While most of the desiccation of Great Salt Lake can be attributed to anthropomorphic causes, climate change has still had a measurable impact on the lake. Current estimates attribute about 9% of Great Salt Lake’s decline to climate change.

Unemployment has been an issue affecting Native Americans living on reservations in the United States since the creation of reservations in the early nineteenth century.

Forty percent of teens reported that content on social media caused them to worry about their image.

Suicide is a public health crisis that needs to be addressed for all age groups, particularly young adults because they are the most at risk.

While it is relatively safe for undocumented students to be more visible within higher education, many still choose to be invisible on campus, leaving them to navigate their education in silence due to the wariness of sharing their immigration status.

Medical misinformation is becoming an urgent issue for United States citizens—leading to increased deaths, a lack of trust in health professionals, and hate crimes and racism.

Ultra-processed foods currently make up over half of the calories in the American diet.

There is little being done to understand and solve the problem of underfunding in rural areas of the US

Inadequate healthcare access for American Indians due to geographical barriers, historical trauma, and funding shortages results in higher rates of chronic diseases, financial burdens, and reduced quality of life.

Intergenerational social mobility, or the ability of children to surpass their parents' socio-economic status, is significantly limited when first-generation students drop out of college.

Rates of mental health among physicians continue to climb at about 0.5% per year.

The disparity between the female population and female representation in government demonstrates the barriers that hinder gender equality in political leadership

School shootings reached an all-time high in 2022 and have increased by 1,900% from 2010–2022

Sexual health education across the United States is inconsistent and inadequate in providing the information necessary to allow individuals to make informed, healthy decisions about their sexuality and sexual activity.

Over 14.7 million children, or every 1 in 5 children, in the United States are affected by childhood obesity.

Suicide is the leading cause of death among adolescents in South Korea.

It is estimated that less than 1 out of 3 sexual assaults are reported every year

Pornography is often overlooked largely due to the prevailing pro-porn sentiment among the general public. However, research confirms the negative consequences, and organizations are emerging to combat what has been deemed as the “porndemic.”

Though only 4% of the global population, the United States has created 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 1850—more than any other country.