The United States spends more on the war in Iraq each day than the aid the U.S. government has given to Haiti.

Everywhere are sheet shelters. In parks, soccer fields, in the parking lot of the TV station, tens of thousands literally in the streets and on sidewalks…

The U.S. military has sent in 15,000 troops to Haiti, but many organizations and governments say they have hurt, not helped, delivery of aid to people in need.

More police officers in schools means more kids now get expelled or arrested for behaviors that before would have meant a trip to the principal’s office.

The United States government has settled a 13 year-old legal case and agreed to pay $3.4 billion to Native Americans for cheating them when renting tribal lands.

On Christmas Eve, the Senate passed a new healthcare reform bill that it says will help 30 million more people get health insurance.

Big cities across the United States are announcing plans to close what they call “failed schools.”

A recent survey by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that more people in the United States have trouble buying food.

Learn a little about Jermaine, age 8, and what life is like on Guam, an island in the Pacific Ocean that is a territory of the United States.

Xin Nan (Nancy), 13, lives in New York City. She is originally from China and she wrote this essay about Chinese New Year in Chinese and in English.