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    Main Findings: The fate of “smart systems”

    Respondents’ thoughts About half of survey respondents selected the more upbeat scenario positing that a significant number of the features of the Home of the Future might finally arrive by 2020. The respondents who said the scenario will not unfold by 2020 said it is still too soon for smart systems to become deeply rooted […]

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    In Brief: Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC

    The Court’s Unanimous Decision On Jan. 11, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in a significant church employment dispute, giving religious organizations wide latitude in hiring and firing clergy and other employees who perform religious duties. In its unanimous decision, the high court explicitly recognized a legal doctrine known as the “ministerial exception.” Lower courts […]

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    II. The Economic Recovery for Hispanics and Non-Hispanics

    Since the start of the economic recovery in 2009, employment is up and unemployment is down for all groups of workers. But progress overall has been slow, and the growth in jobs has barely kept up with the growth in the working-age population for most groups. As a result, the employment rate—the share of the […]

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    Section 3: The Disabled Veteran

    To broaden and deepen the analysis of America’s wounded warriors, Pew researchers turned to another data source with a larger sample of veterans who had been physically or emotionally harmed while serving in the military. In July 2010, the Census Bureau re-interviewed 9,739 veterans who had been questioned the previous year as part of the […]

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    Section 2: Injured Post-9/11 Veterans

    Among wounded warriors, those who served since 9/11 are more likely than veterans from earlier eras to say their transition to the civilian world has been difficult; to report they have suffered from PTS as a consequence of their military service; and to say that the government has not done enough to help them.[4. numoffset=”4″ Caution should be […]

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    Section 1: The Consequences of Serious Injuries

    The physical, emotional and economic toll of a serious service-related injury does not end when the service member leaves the military. Years and even decades after they were discharged, veterans who were badly hurt while serving are significantly more likely to be in poor health and somewhat less likely to be employed. According to the […]

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