Religion Continues to Play Significant Role in Party Identification

Religion Continues to Play Significant Role in Party Identification

Gallup interviews conducted over the past four months suggest that "religion remains a significant correlate of political party identi...

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No Longer an Urban Problem, Poverty Surges in Suburbs

No Longer an Urban Problem, Poverty Surges in Suburbs

According to a New York Times article , more than half of those living in poverty in metropolitan areas live in suburban areas. The article...

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Despite Warnings, Children's Screen Time Increases

Despite Warnings, Children's Screen Time Increases

Common Sense Media released a report Tuesday showing that children younger than eight are spending more time in front of screens than...

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Disproportionate Number of Native American Children in Foster Care

Disproportionate Number of Native American Children in Foster Care

A recent report on a three-part NPR News investigation into the removal of Native American children from their families discusses the dispr...

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College Grads Pessimistic

College Grads Pessimistic

In one of today’s Wall Street Journal columns , David Wessel discusses the remarkable pessimism among those with a bachelor’s degree regardi...

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Undergraduates Continue to Face Rising Tuition

Undergraduates Continue to Face Rising Tuition

In a recent Wall Street Journal article , Kevin Helliker discusses this year’s hike in tuition for undergraduate programs.  As the graph fr...

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United Nations Releases Population Projections for Year 2100

United Nations Releases Population Projections for Year 2100

According to The Guardian , the world's population will reach seven billion by the end of this year.  The population is predict...

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New Climate Change Data

New Climate Change Data

A recent article in The Economist discusses findings released October 20th by the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature group, which includ...

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Gallup: More Americans Blame Economic Woes on Government than Wall Street

Gallup: More Americans Blame Economic Woes on Government than Wall Street

A recent Gallup survey shows that Americans are far more likely to blame the federal government than Wall Street for the nation's econo...

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One-Word Reactions To GOP Candidates Favor Herman Cain; Perry Draws the Most Ire

One-Word Reactions To GOP Candidates Favor Herman Cain; Perry Draws the Most Ire

A recent survey that asked Americans to describe leading GOP leaders "in a single word" found that Herman Cain was viewed in the...

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Ryan Womack featured IASSIST member

Ryan Womack, Data and Economics Librarian at Rutgers University Libraries and a member of the Outreach Team for TeachingWithData.org has be...

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Fertility Rates and the Economy

Fertility Rates and the Economy

In a report released on October 12, the Pew Research Center presented a correlation between fertility rates and the state of the economy; ...

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All The Single Ladies

All The Single Ladies

An article published Friday in The Economist discusses the decline of the marriage rate of the black population and its implications fo...

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Inequality and Happiness

Inequality and Happiness

According The Economist , the relationship between happiness and wealth inequality is more complicated than one might think. Referencing an...

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Support for Death Penalty Down from Last Year, but a Majority Still Favors its Use

Support for Death Penalty Down from Last Year, but a Majority Still Favors its Use

A recent Gallup poll shows that 61 percent of Americans favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder; another 52 percent believe t...

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Pew: Public Interest Rests with Economy; Limited Attention to, Coverage of Anti-Wall Street Protests

Pew: Public Interest Rests with Economy; Limited Attention to, Coverage of Anti-Wall Street Protests

With the public most interested in tracking changes in economic conditions, the recent Wall Street protests have not received much attention...

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Most Top Research Universities Still In US

Most Top Research Universities Still In US

Catherine Rampell discusses new data released from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in her recent New York Times &q...

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In Bad Economy, More Family Members Under One Roof

In Bad Economy, More Family Members Under One Roof

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, the recession beginning in 2007 spurred Americans to move in with relatives. F...

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Data Gone Wrong: Chart on Debt Increases

Data Gone Wrong: Chart on Debt Increases

In one of last week's Washington Post "Fact Checker" blogs, Glenn Kessler gives a rather scathing review of a chart (above) c...

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Private Employers Add Jobs in September But Do Little to Alleviate Concerns About Economy; Heavy Losses in Public Education

Private Employers Add Jobs in September But Do Little to Alleviate Concerns About Economy; Heavy Losses in Public Education

The U.S. Labor Department published its September employment report Friday, and although it showed that the private sector added 137,000 jo...

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Data Shows Large Decline in Domestic Airfares

Data Shows Large Decline in Domestic Airfares

In a recent Wall Street Journal article , Susan Carey discusses the steady decline in domestic airfares over the last several decades and ...

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The Hispanic Vote in 2012

The Hispanic Vote in 2012

In a recent Wall Street Journal article , Jonathon Weisman discusses the potentially decisive role Hispanics may play in the 2012 elections,...

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With Revenues Down, Lawmakers Look to Alcohol

The New York Times recognized a new strategy among state and city governments trying to raise revenues during the economic recession: targ...

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New Features Available on TwD!

New Features Available on TwD!

TeachingWithData.org has added several new features. Each resource now has a Facebook "Like" button, comment box, along with a &q...

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