As our nation celebrates its independence with parades, cookouts and fireworks, many rising high school seniors are thinking about admission to college. It is one of the last remaining rites of ...

If you are like 64% of American households, you own at least two Apple products. Since emerging out of Jobs’ garage 44 years ago as a startup, Apple’s valuation has reached as high as $2 trillion ...

Because we are hardwired for connection, most of us value intimacy and authentic communication with those in our lives. This perhaps rings truest for intimate relationships such as with a romantic ...

The notion of having a “better half” is as problematic as it is widespread. Having a romantic partnership in which one person is responsible for the other’s ability to reach their full potential ...

In the 1967 book "Organizations in Action," sociologist James D. Thompson defined three types of interdependence to describe the intensity of interactions and behaviors within an organizational ...

Our reverence for July 4 reflects America’s core value of independence – of freedom from dependence on others. Its import is captured in other founding beliefs and practices such as puritanism and the ...

There was a time when "codependence" wasn't a word. But years ago, when spouses of alcoholics began meeting together for support and understanding, the term was created to explain the dynamic between ...

About 1 in 5 American adults regularly provide unpaid care or financial assistance to their adult relatives or friends. And about 1 in 7 young adults between the ages of 25 and 34 live with their ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. So long as China runs a large trade surplus, Chinese residents (either the ...