Short Reads (Page 368)

short readsJan 28, 2014

Obama’s approval number is near his lowest as he delivers State of the Union address

President Obama’s job approval rating stands at 43% as he prepares to deliver his State of the Union address.
short readsJan 28, 2014

Data Feed: State of the Union, medical expenses, intolerance in Europe

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
short readsJan 28, 2014

Local TV audiences bounce back

Bucking a long-range trend of declining viewership, the audience for local TV news grew in all three major time slots in 2013.
short readsJan 27, 2014

Another year of lackluster payroll growth

Nonfarm payroll jobs grew by 1.6% between December 2012 and December 2013.
short readsJan 27, 2014

Despite recovery, fewer Americans identify as middle class

Today about as many Americans identify themselves as lower or lower-middle class (40%) as say they are in the middle class (44%).
short readsJan 27, 2014

Data Feed: Policy priorities, internet advertising, measles’ resurgence

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
short readsJan 27, 2014

State of the Union 2014: Where Americans stand on key issues

A summary of where Americans stand on ten key issues likely to come up in President Obama’s State of the Union address.
short readsJan 24, 2014

Record number of deportations in 2012

Number of immigrants deported by U.S. authorities in fiscal year 2012—a record.
short readsJan 24, 2014

Chart of the Week: How two decades of globalization have changed the world

Globally, incomes have risen fastest for the very well-off and the bottom two-thirds of the world’s people, but have stagnated or fallen for the “global upper middle class.”
short readsJan 24, 2014

Data Feed: Record low want their representative re-elected, best and worst states, Facebook responds

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.