Tariffs cause big stock market drops. Here's what that means for the US economy
As President Trump pushes forward with a tough tariff policy, investors keep bidding down stock prices, raising recession fears. Is a slump inevitable?
Black Monday to the COVID crash: Worst days in the history of the US stock market
The stock market crash of October 1929 signaled the end of the "Roaring Twenties" and the beginning of the Great Depression. This was the second day of the big drop, known as "Black Tuesday," which ...
The Pandemic Is Not the Only Reason U.S. Students Are Losing Ground
For years, the country’s lowest-scoring students were steadily improving on national tests. Starting around 2013, something ...