U.S. Department of Commerce Reports Large Decrease in American Durable Goods

U.S. Department of Commerce Reports Large Decrease in American Durable Goods

The Department of Commerce released its monthly report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments this past Thursday.   In Augu...

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Hospital Errors Kill 98,000 Americans a Year

Hospital Errors Kill 98,000 Americans a Year

Marty Makary, writing for the Wall Street Journal , highlighted the disturbing trend of errors in the medical field and the dea...

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Almost Half of Hispanic Population Concentrated in Ten Metropolitan Areas

Almost Half of Hispanic Population Concentrated in Ten Metropolitan Areas

Coinciding with National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Pew Hispanic Center released a report detailing the characteristics of 60 of the la...

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Violent Child Abuse On the Decline

Violent Child Abuse On the Decline

A special report from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics finds that during 2010 roughly 2.8 million ...

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South Sudan Makes Strides in Education

A report recently released by the World Bank shows positive trends in the educational system of South Sudan. Between 2005 and 2009, ro...

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Household Income Left Behind In Recovery

Household Income Left Behind In Recovery

Rakesh Kochar, writing for the Pew Research Center , examined household income during the recent recession and recovery.  From 2...

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Cigarette Use Declining in the U.S.

Cigarette Use Declining in the U.S.

In the United States, smokers are lighting up less than ever.   Gallup reports that since the 1970s, cigarette smokers that smoke more th...

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Energy Independence in the United States

Energy Independence in the United States

The backdrop of the upcoming presidential elections in the United States has enabled the American electorate to hear the candidates' opi...

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Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage

On Wednesday, the Census released its yearly report on " Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United State...

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Manufacturing Sector Profits Down From 2011

Manufacturing Sector Profits Down From 2011

The Department of Commerce released its quarterly report on the health of the U.S. manufacturing sector today.  Manuf...

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Looking Back at the Frontier

Looking Back at the Frontier

As NASA's Curiosity rover roams Mars' surface, pushing man's frontier into space, the Census Bureau looks back at th...

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Housing Prices Still Low, But Sales Fail to Pick Up

Housing Prices Still Low, But Sales Fail to Pick Up

While housing prices have stabilized, the quantity of one-family homes sold throughout the U.S. continues to fall to levels unse...

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Religious Belief and Crime

Religious Belief and Crime

In a study covering 67 countries conducted by Azim Shariff at the University of Oregon and Mike Rhemtulla at the University of ...

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