The 2016 State of Hispanic Homeownership Report showed that Hispanic households have increased by 6.7 million since 2000 to represent 42.5% of the country's entire household growth, signifying a surge in Latino homeownership and healthy home cultivation across the country. But, just exactly what is a healthy home?

By Utpal Dholakia Ph.D. 

Gregory Treverton, a national security expert at RAND Corporation, famously distinguished between two types of problems, puzzles and mysteries. He was describing the modern challenges faced by the American intelligence community. According to Treverton, puzzles are problems having a definitive solution once the relevant information and insight is found and used. Solving puzzles requires taking a specific sequence of steps or actions to get to the answer. Mysteries, on the other hand, don’t have clear-cut answers. The solution is a moving target, depending on a host of factors that change over time.

By Casey Slide

It’s that time again. It’s time to get your kids ready to go back to school by purchasing paper, pencils, and crayons. School supplies can cost a fortune; unfortunately, back to school clothes shopping costs even more.

Parents often experience less closeness with the teenager than with the child.

By Carl E Pickhardt Ph.D.

Every summer, people pack their bathing suits, sunscreen, flip flops and a good book for a trip to the beach. Or, perhaps where you live, you are fortunate to have beach weather for the greater part of the year. Regardless of how often you get to sink your toes into the sand, the American Red Cross has some beach safety tips and steps you can take to be make sure you and your family remain safe.