Influx of Illegal Minors From Central America Rekindles Immigration Debate

Influx of Illegal Minors From Central America Rekindles Immigration Debate

A new Pew Research Center survey finds that Americans are growing impatient with President Obama for his handling of the recent surge of un...

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The Disparate Impact of the Prison Boom

The Disparate Impact of the Prison Boom

As reported in the Washington Post , a new working paper by University of Chicago economists Derek Neal and Armin Rick demonstrates that th...

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The Modern American Man, in 10 Charts

The Modern American Man, in 10 Charts

In a series of reports to be aired over the summer, National Public Radio's All Things Considered is looking at the lives of men, includ...

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Friends Are Like Family, Genetically-Speaking

Friends Are Like Family, Genetically-Speaking

Illustrating the complex relationship between nature and nurture, biology and society, a new study by Nicholas A. Christakis (Sociology, Eco...

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Where Do College Graduates Work?

Where Do College Graduates Work?

A new interactive by the U.S. Census Bureau lets users explore the relationship between college majors and occupations.  The data are from...

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Incidents Versus Rates: Who's the "Murder Capital" of the U.S.?

Incidents Versus Rates: Who's the "Murder Capital" of the U.S.?

According to FBI statistics, Chicago has been among the top three cities with the most murders since 1985.  500 homicides were committed the...

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Fewer Americans Consider the U.S. the Greatest Country

Fewer Americans Consider the U.S. the Greatest Country

The most recent Pew Research Center political typology survey released last month suggests that in the last three years there has been a de...

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Voting Patterns of U.S. Supreme Court Justices

Voting Patterns of U.S. Supreme Court Justices

In a recent analysis the New York Times showed that, while the media have focused on hotly debated cases in which the U.S. Supreme Court ha...

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The Burden of Stress in America

The Burden of Stress in America

Earlier this spring NPR, along with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health conducted a survey to examine the...

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Independence Day Data

Independence Day Data

Want to impress family and friends with your knowledge of Independence Day and related trivia this Fourth of July?  The U.S. Census Bureau h...

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Do As I Say, Not As I Do? How Adults May Be Sending Kids the Wrong Message About Values

Do As I Say, Not As I Do? How Adults May Be Sending Kids the Wrong Message About Values

A new study from Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, " The Children We Mean to Raise: The Real Messages Adults are S...

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