STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students ...
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
Congo's economy is not undermined by "unregulated fertility" rates. Civil society has been destroyed by decades of war and over a hundred years of exploitation of Congo's wealth by international interests.
Reedu Taha | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact
"Who would have thought that an article about hunting could bring soldiers and animals in need, together," said Jennifer Panton, President of United Action for Animals.
Timothy Cooper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment
A new basketball documentary, Poet Pride, takes a look at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. This famed East Baltimore institution has produced some of the greatest basketball players in the country.
Bruce Kluger | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology
Permit me to share a wonderful piece by legendary writer-producer-director Bill Persky on modern technology. It appears in the today's edition of USA Today.
The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books
There are some big changes afoot on the bestseller lists, including the fact that on the USA Today bestseller list, Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days has...
Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact
Nineteen years ago, USA WEEKEND magazine initiated Make A Difference Day, an event to encourage volunteerism and action on the fourth Saturday of ever...
Richard Laermer | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media
PR is not the dark side any more. Here is how to determine whether you've got the goods to make it in our hood--particularly since tons of reporters need jobs.
AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — The Wall Street Journal has surpassed USA Today as the top-selling daily newspaper in the United States. The Audit Bureau of Circula...
Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact
WASHINGTON -- The nation's foreclosure crisis has swamped lawyers for the poor, leaving thousands of low-income homeowners across the country without ...
Editor & Publisher | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media
When the Audit Bureau of Circulations releases the latest numbers on Oct. 26, it will show that USA Today's circulation fell 17% to 1.88 million for t...
Bruce Kluger | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media
David Letterman successfully navigated his way through three explosive crises -- personal, professional and legal -- by simply telling the truth.
Wayne Trujillo | Posted 10.01.2009 | Denver
As I picked up several copies of the shrunken final edition of the Rocky Mountain News, I felt a sadness not only for that issue, but also for the physical transformation of the newspaper.
Susan Older | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media
Although I did find it interesting to hear Clinton's take on whether Obama has been the object of a right-wing conspiracy, I can tell you one thing: That most certainly was not the news story in that interview.
Allen Schoer | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business
Why are employers so complacent when many of their people are so unhappy that they're thinking of jumping ship? On what are those employers basing such powerful assumptions?
Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment
With the release of stereo and mono box sets, individual album reissues, and their own edition of Rock Band, The Beatles finally have stepped into the 21st century in a major way.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
Calling for some sort of decorous avoidance of politics during politicians' funerals is downright ridiculous. It'd be like eulogizing Charles Lindbergh and not mentioning airplanes.
Jarvis Coffin | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media
Newspapers can't buy a break; not only are fewer people reading them, it appears curbing a newspaper appetite may be good for you.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics
A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds wide public support for overhauling health care this year. There is, however, concern about its high costs and the i...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.11.2009 | Media
On July 6th, half-dozen troops were killed in Afghanistan by IED explosions. Those deaths underline the need to pay attention to the troops' equipment. I expected more reporting on the issue. There wasn't any.
Steve Parker | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business
This isn't the first time Ecclestone and minion Max Mosley have been seen as cheerleaders of a sort for the Third Reich.
Jim Luce | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York
Our biggest accomplishment was standing up for those torn down by the TV evangelists.
Bruce Kluger | Posted 09.15.2009 | Living
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's unfinished stories. So it is especially frustrating to me when I think of my father on Father's Day, and once again confront the great unfinished story that was our relationship.
AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — USA Today's new publisher said Wednesday he hopes to expand the newspaper's revenue from mobile phones and portable electronic readin...
USA Today | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics
States hit hardest by the recession received only a few of the government's first stimulus contracts, even though the glut of new federal spending was...
AP | GENARO C. ARMAS | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media