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Publications

  • short reads

    ‘Old-Boy’ Bottleneck

    About half of Americans say that the main reason that few women have risen to the top ranks of business is that they are held back by an ‘old boy’ network.

  • short reads

    Back to the Kitchen, Ladies

    Only a small minority of Americans now think women should return to their traditional roles in society.

  • report

    Health Care Re-emerges and ‘Balloon Boy’ Takes Flight

    Ending a lull in coverage, the battle over health care reform returned as the No. 1 story last week as 23 senators cast votes on the issue. But the nation—and the media—were also captivated by a strange story about a six-year-old boy that began as breathless breaking cable news.