America’s “Have-Nots”
That’s the percentage of the public who say they are probably among the “have-nots” in society rather than the “haves” — twice the number who said so two decades ago.
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Contented Mexicans
That’s the share of the Mexican public who rate their current lives at 7 or better on a scale of zero to 10 — the highest proportion of any of the 47 countries covered in the latest Pew Global Attitudes survey.
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Online Hobbyists
That’s the very large share of U.S. online adults who use the internet to pursue hobbies from genealogy to gambling.
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A Progressive Argument Against the Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide
The debate over physician-assisted suicide is often portrayed as a battle between social or religious conservatives who oppose the practice and liberals or progressives who support it. But not everyone fits neatly into this paradigm. For instance, Dr. Robert P. Jones, who calls himself a progressive, has just written a book urging liberal supporters of […]
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Internet Mooncake Mania
In China, even mooncakes are making their way online.
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What’s Best for the Children?
That’s the percentage of American adults who say an at-home mother is the ideal situation for children; a nearly identical proportion (41%) say a mother working part-time is ideal.
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The “Tyrant on Tour” Coverage Tops the News
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speaking trip to New York proved irresistible for the news media last week. But once you got past the hype, the politics, and the First Amendment debate, how much did we learn about Iran?
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Cancer Research, Vouchers on ’07 Ballots
Proposals on cancer research and school vouchers are among the questions that voters in seven states will take up during this fall’s quiet election season.
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Always format your used laptops
Say what you will about the internet–it’s certainly helped narrow the line between “doing something stupid” and “doing something stupid in front of millions of witnesses who will now proceed to publicly mock you.”
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Young White Evangelicals: Less Republican, Still Conservative
An analysis of Pew Research Center surveys conducted between 2001 and 2007 suggests that young white evangelicals have become increasingly dissatisfied with Bush and are moving away from the GOP. How will these changes affect the vote in 2008 and beyond?