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    Should Obama Run in 2012?

    The public is divided over whether Barack Obama should seek a second term in 2012.

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    Employment: Foreign Born vs. Native Born

    In the year following the official end of the recent recession, the unemployment rate for immigrant workers fell 0.6 percentage points, while for native-born workers it rose 0.5 percentage points.

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    Faithful Students?

    On a quiz of religious knowledge, on average, Americans answer 16 of 32 questions correctly.

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    The Distributed Future

    In this speech, Director Lee Rainie will explore how digital technologies have changed people’s relationship to each other and to information. Further, he will discuss the coming decade of change in technology and its possible uses by consumers an…

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    Year of the Census: China Counts

    China is taking its once-a-decade census, sending six million enumerators door-to-door, and will attempt to count people where they actually live, rather than where their households are officially registered. This represents a change from the methodology that has prevailed since the Peoples Republic of China was founded in 1949. Major challenges during the 10-day enumeration […]

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    The Media Roar into the Midterms

    Attention to the crucial midterm congressional elections reached new heights last week, accounting for nearly half the overall news coverage. The top stories also included the economy, a new terror plot, the conflict in Afghanistan and fresh revelations about the BP oil disaster that dominated coverage in the summer.