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reportNov 4, 2009

Social Isolation and New Technology

A new study challenges previous research and commonplace fears about the harmful social impact of internet and cell phone use.
reportOct 24, 2008

Depressed Economy Wallops States

With calendar 2008 nearing an end, Stateline.org’s annual state-by-state review of major accomplishments finds lawmakers girding for big spending cuts in 2009 and beyond.
reportMay 19, 2008

Tracking China’s Earthquake on TV and the Internet – Part II

In a second dispatch, our Beijing correspondent reports that Chinese TV is back to being the voice of the government. Meanwhile, the internet has become a more wild-west version of itself, with a virtual explosion of content that runs the gamut from informative to creative, irresponsible, angry, maudlin…
reportMay 22, 2008

Research Roundup: Latest Findings on Cell Phones and Polling

The Pew Research Center has been studying the challenge to survey research posed by the growing number of wireless-only households. Here’s a summary of its latest findings.
reportJan 31, 2008

Do Blacks and Hispanics Get Along?

While blacks and Hispanics hold broadly favorable views of each other, Hispanics are less likely to say the two groups get along well. At the same time, African Americans are far more likely than Latinos to say blacks are frequently the victims of racial discrimination.
reportDec 28, 2007

New Year, New Laws

As partygoers count down the seconds toward New Year’s Day, not everyone will be celebrating. At least 31 states will start to enforce new laws, and some of them can seem pretty tough, ranging from where you can smoke in Illinois to how much it costs to enter a strip club in Texas.
short readsFeb 21, 2007

States Considering Bans on Trans Fats

That’s the number of states in which legislators are currently considering full or partial statewide bans on trans fats, following the lead set by New York City in early December when it instituted a ban on trans fats in restaurants and school cafeterias.
short readsFeb 1, 2007

Hey, Big Spenders!

That’s the (negative) percentage of their after-tax income that Americans saved last year — the lowest savings rate since 1933 when, in the depths of the Great Depression, one in four workers were jobless.
reportAug 8, 2006

Male Lefties Have More of the Right Stuff

College-educated left-handed men earn 21% more than male righties with college diplomas. But there’s no wage differential between left and right handed women. Go figure. Also, find out why 2002 was an off year for girl babies in Korea.
reportApr 18, 2006

Maximum Support for Raising the Minimum

Republican or Democrat, rich or poor, north, east, south or west, the U.S. public says it’s time for a big boost for the lowest paid.

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Social Isolation and New Technology

Depressed Economy Wallops States

Tracking China’s Earthquake on TV and the Internet – Part II

Research Roundup: Latest Findings on Cell Phones and Polling

New Year, New Laws

States Considering Bans on Trans Fats

Hey, Big Spenders!

Male Lefties Have More of the Right Stuff

Maximum Support for Raising the Minimum

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