The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire

Like nearly all of the peoples of North and South America, most Americans are not originally from the territory that […]

The geography of desperation in America

Authors: Carol Graham, Sergio Pinto, John Juneau II America today is as divided as it has ever been, in terms of incomes […]

MAPS: America’s $200 billion obesity problem by state and age group

The United States is one of the most overweight nations in the world. The US Senate Committee on Finance estimates […]

The States With the Strongest and Weakest Unions

By Michael B. Sauter and Samuel Stebbins The U.S. Supreme Court issued in March a split vote on a decision […]

America’s Most (and Least) Valuable States

A recent study estimates that the combined value of all land in the contiguous United States is worth nearly $23 […]

Each U.S. State’s Food Preferences Based On Its Internet Search History

Estately ran hundreds of search queries through Google Trends to determine which food-related words, terms, and questions each state was searching […]

More Foreigners Snapping Up Foreclosed Property

By Jonathan Beer, 247 wall st site, Foreigners purchased about $41 billion worth of residential property in 2010, accounting or […]