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    World Wide Web Timeline

    A timeline of the major milestones and small moments that have shaped the Web since 1989.

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    How Pew Research measured the gender pay gap

    Women earned 84 cents for every $1 made by men in 2012, according to a Pew Research report. But in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that women earned 81 cents to the dollar. The difference is not large, but what gives?

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    Library services in the digital age

    Research associate Kathryn Zickuhr discussed data from the Pew Research Center’s nationally representative surveys to explore the changing role of libraries in the digital age.

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    Chapter 2: Public Views on the Value of Education

    For today’s young workers, the surest path to a good job and satisfying career runs through college. A recent survey by the Pew Research Center finds that college graduates outpace those with less education on virtually every measure of job satisfaction and career success. While most workers say their education has been at least somewhat […]

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    Emerging and Developing Nations Want Freedom on the Internet

    Survey Report There is widespread opposition to internet censorship in emerging and developing nations. Majorities in 22 of 24 countries surveyed say it is important that people have access to the internet without government censorship. In 12 nations, at least seven-in-ten hold this view. Support for internet freedom is especially strong in countries where a […]

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    The Diagnosis Difference

    45% of U.S. adults live with chronic disease. Living with a chronic disease has an independent effect on people’s technology adoption and health behavior

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    Chapter 1: Trends from Government Data

    Three decades ago, U.S. women overall made 64% as much as men did in hourly earnings. In 2012, they made 84%—a remarkable narrowing of the gender gap in pay, as well as an illustration of its persistence. The relative gains are even more striking for American women at the outset of their working lives. Among […]

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    5 facts about turkeys

    Americans are producing fewer but bigger turkeys, and as domestic consumption falls more of the birds are heading overseas.