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Washington, D.C. The Pew Forum interviewed Katherine Marshall following a roundtable on religion and international development co-sponsored by the Forum and the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Marshall is the director of the Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics at the World Bank and a former country director in the World Bank’s Africa and East […]
Hay-Adams Hotel Washington, D.C. The relationship between Islam and the West will be a defining feature of the 21st century, particularly in the Middle East. How should U.S. policymakers engage with the Muslim world? Will the spread of democracy throughout the Muslim world blunt the militant forces generating terrorism? How will European governments and populations […]
Extraordinary reportage by news outlets under the worst circumstances The Times Picayune: This New Orleans flagship paper has published online in the immediate aftermath of Katrina. The site is remarkably rich, and its bulletin board for people to communicate with each other, find loved ones, learn about specific neighborhoods, is extraordinary in scope. The photo […]
Background Men, especially young, white, educated, and fairly affluent men, were the earliest adopters of the internet. Surveys by the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press in 1995 showed that about 20% of American adults used the internet and the online population was 58% male. By March 2000, the internet population had […]
This study presents new evidence on the economic status of unauthorized migrants from Mexico. It is estimated that there are 6.3 million unauthorized workers in the United States at the present time.[1. The total unauthorized population in the U.S., including children and other persons not of working age, is estimated to be 10.3 million.] Approximately […]
The vast majority of undocumented migrants from Mexico were gainfully employed before they left for the United States. Thus, failure to find work at home does not seem to be the primary reason that the estimated 6.3 million undocumented migrants from Mexico have come to the U.S.
The industries into which migrants are hired in the U.S. are mostly familiar ones to them, but local demand plays a role as well in determining where they find work. Two-thirds of employed respondents can be found in only four industries—agriculture, construction, manufacturing and hospitality. This degree of concentration does not vary much by the […]