Teens are more depressed and isolated than ever because of smartphones, researcher claims

Teenagers today are more depressed, have higher rates of suicide, and hang out with friends less often than teens in earlier eras, according to one researcher, who has blamed the rise of smartphones for the problem. Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego...

Here’s where Mark Zuckerberg stands on the issues if he were running for president, which he’s not

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn’t running for president. Zuckerberg says he isn’t running. His close colleagues and friends we’ve spoken to say he isn’t running. And quite frankly, he already has pretty amazing influence running Facebook and...

Affirmative Action Policies Evolve, Achieving Their Own Diversity

By VIVIAN YEE August 5, 2017 Just a year ago, after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the University of Texas at Austin’s admissions program by a single swing vote, the question seemed to be edging, at last, toward an answer: Colleges could,...