Raina Kelley

The human brain is a less-than-perfect device. A new book explains how our minds work … and sometimes don't.

Researchers have now proven what many of us anecdotally knew to be true: Parents are less strict on their younger children.

With Barack Obama, it's about much more than just race.

A new PBS documentary series explores the complicated and controversial connection between social inequality and health.

One would think that the fate of the free world rode on my shoulders. The New York state primary was a month ago, and my close friends and family are still pressuring me to say if I like Hillary or Barack better.

An outspoken, smart black woman or a bossy, emasculating wife? Michelle Obama defies stereotypes, but cannot escape them, either.

February of every year is Black History Month, and it's easy to tell when it's here because we're inundated with images of Martin Luther King Jr. and other celebrated African-Americans.

There are 22 countries that are happier than America. One man visited them to understand why.

An Alabama man is accused of killing his four young children. What causes parents to murder their young?

Sean Taylor's death proved one thing. Young black men are stigmatized as gangstas, asking for trouble.

Good penmanship is more than just a quaint skill. A new study shows that it's a key part of learning.

Are freegans oddballs or sages? NEWSWEEK's Raina Kelley spent a month living as one to find out.

Paying kids for good grades is a popular (if questionable) parenting tactic. But when school starts next week, New York City will try to use the same enticement to get parents in low-income neighborhoods more involved in their children's education and overall health.

GlaxoSmithKline has a tip for people who decide to try Alli, the over-the-counter weight-loss drug it is launching with a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz—keep an extra pair of pants handy.

Springtime in east Tennessee is a beautiful thing. Sunlight dapples through lush oak and maple trees. A warm breeze sends the invigorating scent of juniper through the air.

There is no excuse for what Don Imus said about the Rutgers women's basketball team. There is, however, an explanation. And you probably won't like it.

Steven Pybrum is a certified public accountant and author of the book "Money and Marriage: Making It Work Together." He took a few minutes during his busy tax season to shed some light on this complicated union.

When I told my mother I was going to bomb school, she hung up on me. A misunderstanding, I thought, and called back and told her about the U.S. Postal Inspection Service Training Academy I had just visited. "I know what to look for in package bombs." The line went dead again.

Attention, all snow bunnies and sun seekers. Thanks to the Department of Homeland Security, starting Tuesday, all Americans will need a passport to enter or re-enter the United States by airplane from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. (Until now, only a driver's license was required.

What to see and do to remember the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Anchored by such old favorites as "Wicked" and "Beauty and the Beast," Broadway did record-breaking business last year. It took in nearly $30 million in the last week alone.

If you're just back from Thanksgiving in Antarctica, let me be the first to tell you that Michael Richards, the actor best known as Cosmo Kramer from "Seinfeld," let loose a racist tirade on a couple of hecklers at the Laugh Factory in L.A.

A recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that African-American women experience the longest delays in getting diagnosed with breast cancer.

Award-winning photographer Lauren Greenfield has spent her career using the camera to explore the effect of culture on women's bodies. But when Greenfield visited the Renfrew Center for the Treatment of Eating Disorders in Florida, she was unprepared for the depths some women will sink to in order to get skinny.

It's almost impossible to open a newspaper or watch television without hearing about the "cooling" housing market in the United States. There are 4 million homes currently for sale, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Does checking your kids' homework make you feel as if you're back in school? Rosalind LaRocque, director of educational issues at the American Federation of Teachers, talked with TIP SHEET's Raina Kelley about how to help out on homework without doing it yourself.So they can reinforce and practice skills they've already learned, and so teachers can assess a student's mastery of the information.

A chill in the air, squash on every restaurant's menu and the dispiriting reappearance of Ugg boots can only mean one thing … autumn has arrived in New York City.

Nothing says summer like the beach. But play it safe: drowning is the second-leading cause of accidental deaths for kids between the ages of 1 and 14, according to the National Safety Council.

Imagine you're about to toss a few dogs on the grill. Suddenly, something catches your eye in a neighbor's yard. Something shiny. Something big. Something with a prep table, six burners and a rotisserie that can roast three chickens. Retailers say this season's hottest grills are loaded with more extras than a Bentley. Our picks for avoiding BBQ envy.

At 42, Sally Seeley was barely able to walk. Diagnosed with osteoarthritis in her late 20s, she tried a range of treatments from water aerobics to Vioxx. But her condition only got worse.