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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.

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    Mapping the Global Muslim Population – Map: Distribution of Muslim Population in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Roll over a country bubble to see its estimated 2009 Muslim population, the percentage of its population that is Muslim and the percentage of the world Muslim population it represents. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/I_africa_map.swf * Indicates the use of a source with a small enough sample size to make these estimates somewhat less reliable. Due to this greater […]

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    Growing Interest in Swine Flu, Many See Press Overstating its Danger

    Summary of Findings As the first vials of swine flu vaccine make their way into American communities, public interest in news about the disease is increasing. Nearly as many people now cite swine flu as their top news story of the week as mention the health care debate – the first time in several months […]