New data released by the Pew Research Center has shown that the American birth rate dropped 8% between 2007 and 2010, putting the 2010 birth rate at its lowest level since 1920, the first year that we were even keeping track of this sort of thing. Guess this means that my Facebook friends are the last people in this… » 11/29/12 6:25pm 11/29/12 6:25pm

It's widely known that if you're well-educated and making a good living, you live longer than if you're poor and haven't had a lot of schooling. But researchers have found that certain groups of people are exceptions to this rule: Immigrants, and people of Hispanic decent. » 10/06/11 1:25pm 10/06/11 1:25pm

Today in crimes we didn't know existed: a California family has been charged with defrauding immigrants by pretending to perform marriages that would grant them citizenship. Instead, the fraudsters conducted fake ceremonies, sometimes marrying multiple people to the same spouse. » 4/07/11 1:10pm 4/07/11 1:10pm

This woman is being deported after calling the police for protection during a fight with her partner. Charges that she had illegally sold a $10 phone card were dropped. Welcome to "Secure Communities." » 11/02/10 4:14pm 11/02/10 4:14pm

France's interior minister has said there is a possibility that immigrants, and even French-born citizens of foreign background, could have their nationality withdrawn. Brice Hortefeux says those involved with "serious wrongdoing" shouldn't be allowed to call themselves French. » 8/10/10 12:25pm 8/10/10 12:25pm

In addition to the obvious racist and xenophobic implications of the new Arizona immigration law, in addition to the obvious concerns that this unlawful law targets residents based on the hue of their skin and the language on their lips… » 6/02/10 12:30pm 6/02/10 12:30pm

Though experts are still questioning the cost effectiveness » 10/23/08 9:30am 10/23/08 9:30am of Gardasil, the cervical cancer vaccine recommended for women ages 11 to 26, the CDC has found that reports of serious adverse events, including deaths following the administration of the vaccine, were to the shot. According to the , the CDC looked at…

• A suburb of Tel Aviv will use DNA found in dog poop » 9/16/08 5:30pm 9/16/08 5:30pm will reward and punish dog owners who properly (or improperly) dispose of their pup's droppings on the street. • Meet 5 "Fiesty" , including Margaret Truman Daniel (President Truman's daughter) who co-hosted a radio program with Mike Wallace, and Elizabeth…

Olivia Tamayo, a farmworker in California's Central Valley, won a $1 million sexual harassment lawsuit against Harris Farms after her supervisor raped her repeatedly and the company's only solution to the problem was to move her closer to her rapist's house. Although Tamayo gained a victory against sexual harassment… » 5/20/08 10:45am 5/20/08 10:45am

Get a load of this guy. His name is Isaac Baichu, and he's an immigration official who told a 21-year-old Colombian woman last December that he would not get her a green card unless she gave him a blowjob. Oh, and some sex. She just had to do it with him "one or two times," he told her. "That's all. You get your green… » 3/21/08 1:00pm 3/21/08 1:00pm