Matt Alderton

3 days ago | usatoday.com | Matt Alderton

Advocacy group GLAAD’s 2024 annual edition of the “Accelerating Acceptance” report found that 89% of non-LGBTQ+ adults believe LGBTQ+ people deserve to live lives free of discrimination, with 80% saying they support equal rights for LGBTQ+ Americans. When “The Hollywood Reporter” asked Americans in 2015 if they supported same-sex marriage, 31% said they’d become more supportive during the preceding decade.

4 days ago | usatoday.com | Matt Alderton

Advocacy group GLAAD’s 2024 annual edition of the “Accelerating Acceptance” report found that 89% of non-LGBTQ+ adults believe LGBTQ+ people deserve to live lives free of discrimination, with 80% saying they support equal rights for LGBTQ+ Americans. When “The Hollywood Reporter” asked Americans in 2015 if they supported same-sex marriage, 31% said they’d become more supportive during the preceding decade.

2 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Matt Alderton

Vanessa Marquette of Syracuse, N.Y., comes from a long line of service members. Both of her grandfathers fought in World War II, as did her great-uncle. Her mother and father served in the Air Force. Her nephew serves in the Navy. And her husband serves in the New York Army National Guard, having previously served eight years in the Army. “Literally everyone in my family, pretty much, has served,” says Marquette, who has made it her personal mission to document the history of her relatives’ service.

1 month ago | usatoday.com | Matt Alderton

When you’re happy, your whole body knows it. Your heart races. Your face flushes. Your breath quickens. The butterflies in your stomach flutter. And then there’s your brain. When you’re happy, its neural nooks and crannies flood with “happiness hormones” like dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin. By eliciting feelings of joy, accomplishment, pleasure, satisfaction and self-esteem, they reinforce healthy habits that help you survive and thrive.

1 month ago | usatoday.com | Matt Alderton

When artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT in November 2022, prognosticators predicted that the revolutionary AI chatbot would swiftly usher in a new world order. Algorithmic excellence, they prophesied, would fast-track solutions to everything from energy crises and housing shortages to climate change and cancer. But so far, progress has been slow.