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    Autor, David, and Melanie Wasserman. 2013. Wayward Sons: The Emerging Gender Gap in Labor Markets and Education. Washington, D.C.: Third Way, March. Carnevale, Anthony P., Tamara Jayasundera, and Ban Cheah. 2012. “The College Advantage: Weathering the Economic Storm.” Washington, D.C.: Georgetown Center for Education and the Workforce, August. Fry, Richard, et. al. 2011. “The Rising […]

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    5 facts about the state of local TV newsrooms

    Despite revenue from political ads and fees paid by cable and other companies to carry their programming, the picture for local TV newsrooms is a mixed one.

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    Chart of the Week: The most liberal and conservative big cities

    Big cities in the U.S. tend toward the liberal side of the political spectrum, even when they’re within conservative states (residents of Austin sometimes joke that their city is “an island surrounded by Texas”). But which cities are more liberal — or conservative — than their reputations?

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    Record Share of Americans Have Never Married

    One-in-five adults ages 25 and older have never married, up from 9% in 1960. Shifting public attitudes toward marriage, hard economic times and changing demographic patterns may have all played a role.

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    Chapter 2: Island Hispanics of Puerto Rican Origin

    The population of Puerto Rico, which had been growing since at least the 1700s, has drifted downward in recent years. The decrease from 3.8 million in 2000 to 3.6 million in 2013 represents the first sustained decline since U.S. census-taking began in the early 20th century. The Census Bureau projects that the island’s population will […]

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    Who are the Iraqi Kurds?

    While the Kurds are a crucial part of Iraq’s political makeup, they are an ethnic group, not a distinct religious sect within Islam.

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    Chapter 1: Employment and Unemployment in the Recession and the Recovery

    The jobs recovery still lacks momentum: The economy has not restored all of the jobs that were lost in the recession and is adding new jobs at a pace that is barely keeping ahead of the additional supply of workers. At the end of 2013, all major labor market indicators, such as employment and unemployment […]

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    Chapter 2: China’s Image

    On balance, global views of China are positive, although ratings for the Asian power vary significantly across nations and regions.

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