By Christy Barritt Americans Concerned About Eating Habits According to a new report from Barna, Americans are more concerned than ever about poor eating habits. Nearly half (47 percent) of Americans are concerned that they eat too much. Millennials, those born between 1984 and 2002, are the generation most concerned about eating habits (57 […]
By Christy Barritt Global Prayer Vigil for Saeed Abedini A global prayer vigil for Saeed Abedini has been planned for this Friday, September 26. The event falls on the second anniversary of Abedini’s imprisonment in Iraq. Abedini is the Iranian-American who was arrested because of his faith while building an orphanage in the Iraqi […]
By Christy Barritt Parents Value Grades over Kindness A new study by a researcher at Harvard has found that parents value grades and athletic success more than showing kindness. Rick Weissbourd and his colleagues surveyed 10,000 children from across the country and asked them to rank various values in importance. Eighty percent of the […]
By Christy Barritt Americans Get Enough Sleep The Bureau of Labor Statistics released their annual Time Use Survey in June, and their results on the sleep habits of Americans surprised many. According to the survey, Americans aged 15 and up on average sleep a total of 8 hours and 45 minutes daily. The number […]
By Christy Barritt Stranger Raises $35K for Exonerated Prisoner When a Brooklyn man was exonerated after serving nearly 25 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, a stranger felt a call to action. Alex Sutaru heard the story of Jonathan Fleming, who’d been freed from prison after a key piece of evidence […]
