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    Obama, Race and Media Coverage

    Race-related themes were present in 9% of all Obama administration news coverage from early 2009 to early 2010.

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    Unemployment Ain’t All Bad

    Close to half of all Americans who spent some time unemployed during the recession say they enjoyed not having to work for a while.

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    Personal Cost of Being Unemployed

    Roughly four-in-ten Americans who spent some time unemployed during the recession say they experienced a strain in family relations while out of work.

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    Henry Louis Gates: Top Black Media Story

    Nearly one-fifth of all coverage studied during the year relating to African Americans had to do with the arrest of and controversy surrounding Henry Louis Gates.

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    Future of the Bush Tax Cuts

    The public is split on Bush’s tax cuts, with roughly equal numbers calling for retention of all tax cuts (30%),total repeal (31%) or repeal of just cuts for the wealthy (27%).

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    Chief Justice Thurgood Marshall?

    Nearly one-in-ten Americans incorrectly identify former Justice Thurgood Marshall as the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

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    Was TARP Passed Under Bush or Obama?

    Just a third of Americans know that the bank bailout was enacted by the Bush administration; nearly half incorrectly say it was passed under President Obama.

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    Latino Digital Divide

    Native-born Hispanics are far more likely to use the internet (85%) than are foreign-born Hispanics (51%).

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