How veterans and non-veterans fare in the U.S. job market
Veterans of prime working age generally fare at least as well as non-veterans in the U.S. job market, though there are differences in the work they do.
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Veterans of prime working age generally fare at least as well as non-veterans in the U.S. job market, though there are differences in the work they do.
Since 2000, the size of the immigrant electorate has nearly doubled. More than 23 million U.S. immigrants will be eligible to vote in the 2020 presidential election.
Despite improvements in recent decades, the former East Germany trails the former West on several important economic measures.
Trials are rare in the federal criminal justice system: Just 2% of criminal defendants went to trial in fiscal 2018. Acquittals are even rarer.
Amid questions over e-cigarettes and public health, here’s a look at what data shows about vaping in the U.S.
Depression is rising among American teenagers, and teen girls are particularly likely to have had recent depressive episodes.
Across the surveyed countries, opinion varies widely about the value of diversity. But interacting with people of different backgrounds is related to more positive attitudes about the role of diversity in society.
More than one-in-five voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are racial or ethnic minorities.
While women are still underrepresented in top corporate jobs, there has been a small increase in the share of women executives in such positions over the past decade.
English language learners in U.S. K-12 public schools are a diverse group from many different states and native language backgrounds.
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