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short readsMar 24, 2014

Data Feed: GOP picked to take Senate, mortgage tax breaks favor the rich, no pay for NCAA athletes

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
short readsMar 24, 2014

Census Bureau explores new Middle East/North Africa ethnic category

Organizations representing people of Middle Eastern and North African descent are asking the Census Bureau to add a new ethnic category for them on forms, and it is one of the changes the bureau is exploring.
short readsMar 24, 2014

5 questions about the Hobby Lobby case and contraceptive coverage

A Q & A about the two related cases that will be argued before the Supreme Court on Tuesday involving a challenge to regulations in the Affordable Care Act requiring many employers to include free coverage of contraceptive services in their employees’ health insurance plans.
reportMar 24, 2014

A New Census Category for Middle East/North Africa Ethnicity?

This posting summarizes a Fact Tank article about the Census Bureau’s study of a possible new ethnic category for people of Middle Eastern and North African descent. The bureau has embarked on a broad look at how it asks about race and ethnicity, preparing for the 2020 Census.
reportMar 21, 2014

Behind the Lines: Israel-Syria Border Escalation
reportMar 21, 2014

Turkey’s Twitter Block and Global Internet Freedom

Vladimir Putin has never been a fan of a free press or open public debates, but the Ukraine crisis has provided the Kremlin with a new favorite target for cracking down even more harshly on political expression: cyberspace.
short readsMar 21, 2014

Data Feed: City/country political divide, long-term unemployment, educational inequality

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
reportMar 21, 2014

Mrs. Obama Takes Stab at Ping-Pong Diplomacy
short readsMar 21, 2014

Chart of the Week: Do firefighters or musicians have richer parents?

How people’s incomes and jobs as adults compare with the households they grew up in.
short readsMar 20, 2014

What happens to the internet after the U.S. hands off ICANN to others?

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a multinational organization that oversees the address book of the internet thanks to a contract issued by the U.S. government. What happens when this contract expires in September 2015?

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Data Feed: GOP picked to take Senate, mortgage tax breaks favor the rich, no pay for NCAA athletes

Census Bureau explores new Middle East/North Africa ethnic category

5 questions about the Hobby Lobby case and contraceptive coverage

Behind the Lines: Israel-Syria Border Escalation

Data Feed: City/country political divide, long-term unemployment, educational inequality

Mrs. Obama Takes Stab at Ping-Pong Diplomacy

Chart of the Week: Do firefighters or musicians have richer parents?

What happens to the internet after the U.S. hands off ICANN to others?