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National Academies Press

Organization in Washington D.C., United States

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Dec 8, 2025
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What percentage of White, Somali, Black, and Latino households receive welfare benefits in the most recent U.S. data?

There is no single, authoritative figure in the supplied sources that gives a neat, recent percentage of households on “welfare” broken out exactly as White, Somali, Black, and Latino. Available repor...

Dec 12, 2025
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What trends have welfare participation rates by race shown over the past decade (2015–2025)?

Over the past decade, available reports show persistent disparities in welfare participation by race: non‑Hispanic white people make up the largest absolute share of some program caseloads (e.g., SNAP...

Nov 1, 2025
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How many people died from Covid vaccine

Reported tallies of "deaths from COVID vaccine" vary widely because they mix raw, unverified reports with adjudicated findings; passive surveillance systems like VAERS show tens of thousands of report...

Jan 17, 2026

what percentage of white Americans are on welfare

The question can mean two different things: the share of welfare recipients who are White, or the share of White Americans who receive welfare; the available reporting provides clear answers for the f...

Jan 30, 2026

Percentage of violent crimes committed by blacks versus whites in america

There is no single, authoritative statistic that cleanly answers “ are committed by Black people versus White people” because U.S. data systems measure different things (victim reports, arrests, offen...

Nov 16, 2025

What are the main health concerns associated with GMO foods?

Scientific reviews and major health organizations have found no clear evidence that currently available GMO foods directly cause harm to human health, but regulatory caveats and ongoing studies mean u...

Dec 2, 2025

What are the long-term health effects linked to genetically modified foods?

Major reviews and health agencies report no proven long‑term human harms from currently marketed genetically modified (GM) foods, and epidemiological data to date do not show associations with chronic...

Nov 6, 2025

Vaccine Injury: A Deep Dive into Research Findings

A careful review of the supplied analyses shows that mainstream scientific reviews and government compensation records agree vaccines carry , while also concluding that benefits outweigh risks for the...

Jan 16, 2026

How much of violent crime is intra‑racial versus inter‑racial, by race and crime type?

Most U.S. research finds that the majority of violent victimizations are intraracial — victims and offenders tend to be the same race — though the share varies by offender race and type of offense, an...

Nov 18, 2025

Which peer-reviewed papers argue climate change is not primarily human-caused and who authored them?

Peer-reviewed articles that argue recent climate change is not primarily human-caused exist, but they are vanishingly rare in the literature and have been repeatedly scrutinized and often debunked by ...

Oct 30, 2025

What chemicals has the EPA tested in persistent contrails and what concentrations were found?

The available EPA materials and related analyses show that the agency has published public-facing resources explaining contrail formation and composition but . The EPA emphasizes that contrails are co...

Nov 30, 2025

How do GMO crops compare nutritionally to their non-GMO counterparts?

Most mainstream scientific and regulatory sources report that commercially available GM crops are nutritionally equivalent to their non‑GMO counterparts unless a crop is intentionally biofortified (e....

Nov 22, 2025

Which peer-reviewed studies link GMOs to specific health problems in humans?

Peer‑reviewed human studies directly linking genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to specific health problems are sparse; most peer‑reviewed research that raises health concerns is either animal stud...

Jan 23, 2026

Is flouride bad

is neither categorically “bad” nor universally benign: at the low concentrations used in community water fluoridation it has clear, well-documented benefits in preventing , but higher and prolonged ex...

Jan 16, 2026

risk of genetically modified food

Genetically modified (GM) foods currently on the international market have undergone safety assessments and, according to major public-health bodies and scientific reviews, are not likely to present n...

Oct 21, 2025

Do the majority of the american people believe we should have healthcare for all the people and it's worth fighting for

Public opinion on whether “healthcare for all” is something the majority of Americans believe in and consider worth fighting for is . Polling cited here shows no single universal-healthcare proposal c...

Jan 31, 2026

Does genetically modified food pose a health risk

Genetically modified (GM) foods on international markets have, after regulatory assessment, not been shown to present likely risks to human health, and comprehensive reviews conclude they pose no grea...

Jan 16, 2026

How do changes in net immigration affect wages for native low-skilled workers across different U.S. states?

Empirical evidence on how changes in net immigration affect wages for native low‑skilled workers is mixed: many high‑quality reviews and recent papers find small or negligible long‑run effects on low‑...

Dec 8, 2025

There’s so much focus on Somali welfare, unemployment and IQ. What about White and Black Americans, who have higher populations in America.

White Americans constitute the largest absolute number of welfare recipients because they are the largest racial group in the U.S., while Black, Hispanic and Native American communities have higher pa...

Jan 31, 2026

When has the White House publicly released presidential travel schedules versus relying on FAA/airport notices in prior administrations?

has long been disclosed through a mix of , press briefings and archival records while aviation authorities publish operational notices (NOTAMs) and airports are given short technical lead times to pre...