A Columbia Journalism Review poll released this year found that half of all Americans have “hardly any confidence at all” in the media, which beat out even Congress as the institution for which the public has the lowest confidence.

When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 1996, the country suffered the devastating effects of war for more than 20 years.

2018’s poverty data is filled with good news for Americans, even though there are some exceptions that demand our attention. AEI’s Resident Fellow in Poverty Studies, Matt Weidinger, is here to guide you through the five major takeaways.