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From 1926 through 2013 (3 years before the Great Depression through 4 years after the Great Recession), what was the average annual real rate of return on the S&P 500?

By how much has the death rate from heroin overdoses increased since 2000?

In 1980, 6.2% of the U.S. population was foreign-born. What is this portion today?

In 1979, the EPA, State Department, National Science Foundation, and the world’s leading environmental groups projected that “at least 500,000-600,000” species would go extinct in the next 2 decades. By how much did this projection overshoot reality?

In 2014, was the portion of the U.S. economy (GDP) consumed by federal, state, and local taxes higher or lower than the average of the past 8 decades?

What have U.S. troops in Afghanistan been instructed to do when American-backed Afghan militias sexually abuse boys?

Was Thomas Jefferson, the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, an advocate of slavery?

The current national debt is 103% of the U.S. economy. Under the federal government’s current policies, will this increase or decrease over the next 25 years?

As a condition of employment, can workers who do not want to be represented by a union be legally forced into having a union represent them?

As a condition of employment, can workers who do not want to be represented by a union be legally forced into having a union represent them?