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    Deficit Reduction Declines as Policy Priority

    Survey Report For the first time since Barack Obama took office in 2009, deficit reduction has slipped as a policy priority among the public. Overall, 63% say reducing the budget deficit should be a top priority for Congress and the president this year, down from 72% a year ago. Most of the decline has come […]

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    Elaborations: More Expert Responses

    Following are additional provocative and thoughtful answers from other respondents, organized in the same format as those in the summary. First, the insights of those who responded “yes” to the question, next the thoughts of those who answered “no,” closing with additional observations. Themes among those who responded ‘yes,’ there will be major cyber attacks […]

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    Liberal Democrats still approve of Obama, but many don’t feel strongly

    President Obama continues to have sky-high job ratings among liberal Democrats — 90% approve and just 8% disapprove in Pew Research’s poll earlier this month. Their approval of his job performance is twice the rating given by the public as a whole (which rose slightly to 45% after steadily declining over six months). But many […]

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    Una nueva encuesta de gran escala explora el cambio en la identidad religiosa de los latinos en los Estados Unidos

    Aunque la mayoría de los hispanos en los Estados Unidos continúa perteneciendo a la Iglesia Católica Romana, el porcentaje de católicos en la población hispana está disminuyendo, mientras que un creciente número de hispanos dice ser protestante o no estar afiliado a ninguna religión.Efectivamente, casi uno de cada cuatro adultos hispanos (24 %) dejó de profesar […]

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    The link between parental leave and the gender pay gap

    It turns out that countries that offer more liberal parental leave policies tend to have higher wage gaps among men and women ages 30-34, according to analyses by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

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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 […]