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    Chapter 1. Ukraine: Desire for Unity Amid Worries about Political Leadership, Ethnic Conflict

    Ukrainians widely agree that their country should remain a single, unified state. Only residents of Crimea are a clear exception, with overwhelming numbers backing secession and the new government in Simferopol. Yet, as much as Ukrainians outside Crimea desire unity, they also worry about the lack of national leadership and growing ethnic tensions. One of […]

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    Chapter 2: Why Are Dads Staying Home?

    The biggest share of stay-at-home fathers is out of the workforce due to illness or disability. About one-third (35%) fall into this category. This share is down substantially from 1989, when 56% of all at-home fathers reported that they were home for this reason. The decline in this category has been supplanted by increases in […]

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    Despite Concerns about Governance, Ukrainians Want to Remain One Country

    A clear majority of Ukrainians agree that their country should remain a single, unified state, according to a pair of new surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center in Ukraine and Russia – after Crimea’s annexation by Russia, but prior to recent violence in Odessa and other cities. The survey in Ukraine also finds a […]

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    The Hobby Lobby impact: A Q&A

    The U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing for-profit businesses to opt out of the contraceptive mandate in the new health care law has raised questions about what the ruling might mean for businesses, for future challenges to the contraception mandate, and even for the future of church-state law. We posed these questions to Robert Tuttle, one of the nation’s experts on church-state issues. He is the Berz Research Professor of Law and Religion at the George Washington University.

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    Why timely, reliable data on mass killings is hard to find

    Several government agencies and nonprofit groups gather and publish data on school shootings and other public mass killings. But because of data lags and differing definitions, getting a clear read on overall trends is surprisingly hard.

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    Chapter 1: Employment and Unemployment in the Recession and the Recovery

    The jobs recovery still lacks momentum: The economy has not restored all of the jobs that were lost in the recession and is adding new jobs at a pace that is barely keeping ahead of the additional supply of workers. At the end of 2013, all major labor market indicators, such as employment and unemployment […]

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    As Growth Stalls, Unauthorized Immigrant Population Becomes More Settled

    The number of unauthorized immigrants living in the United States has stabilized since the end of the Great Recession and shows no sign of rising, according to new Pew Research Center estimates. The marked slowdown in new arrivals means that those who remain are more likely to be long-term residents, and to live with their U.S.-born children.

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    Public strongly backs affirmative action programs on campus

    The use of affirmative action programs in college admissions has roiled campuses and the public for years, leading to state-passed laws banning the practice to today’s Supreme Court ruling upholding a Michigan voter initiative banning the use of racial preferences. But while the debate and the battles continue, a new Pew Research Center poll finds that Americans overwhelmingly support these programs.