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Work and Education
Article:
D’Vera Cohn. 2002. “Latino Growth Among Top in U.S.” The Washington
Post, B01. 7/31/02.
Summary: “Hypergrowth” regions—among them Atlanta, Raleigh
and Portland, Ore.—began with small Hispanic populations and now have
hefty ones that took root in the suburbs, as Latinos bypassed central
cities to move where the jobs are.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23518-2002Jul30.html
Study: Roberto Suro and Audrey Singer. 2002. Latino Growth in
Metropolitan America: Changing Patterns, New Locations.
Available from: The Pew Hispanic Center, http://www.pewhispanic.org/site/docs/pdf/final_phc-brookings_paper-appendix-tables.pdf
Price: Free
Article:
The Associated Press. 2002. “July Jobless Rate Holds Steady at 5.9%.”
USA Today, 8/2/02.
Summary: The Nation’s unemployment rate held steady at 5.9
percent in July as companies, uncertain about the economic recovery and
shaken by accounting scandals, added just 6,000 new jobs.
Location: http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/employment/2002-08-02-unemployment_x.htm
Study: The Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2002. The Employment Situation:
July 2002.
Available from: The Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
Price: Free
Article:
Diana Jean Schemo. 2002. “Neediest Schools Receive Less Money, Report
Finds.” The New York Times. 8/9/02.
Summary: School districts with the neediest students receive far
less state and local tax money — an average of just under $1,000 per
student — than schools with the fewest poor children.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/09/education/09FUND.html
Study: Education
Trust. 2002. The Funding Gap: Low-Income and Minority Students Receive
Fewer Dollars.
Available from: Education Trust, http://www.edtrust.org
Price: Free
Article: Jay Lindsay. 2002. "Study: Schools Resegregating by
Race." The Washington Post. 8/9/02.
Summary: Almost 50 years after state-sponsored school segregation
was outlawed, public schools are
becoming increasingly divided by race, even as minority populations
increase nationwide, according to a new report.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62702-2002Aug9.html
Study: Erica Frankenburg et al. 2002. Race in America's Schools:
Rapidly Resegregating School Districts.
Available from: The Civil Rights Project of Harvard
University, http://www.law.harvard.edu/civilrights/publications/reseg_districts02/synopsis.html
Price: Free
Article: Michael A. Fletcher. 2002. "Exit Tests Hurt At
Risk Students." The Washington Post, A7. 8/14/02.
Summary: As more states adopt high school graduation tests, an
increasing number of poor, black and Latino students are at risk of being
denied diplomas because schools do a bad job of preparing them for the
high-stakes exams.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14651-2002Aug13.html
Study: Center on Education Policy. 2002. State High School Exit Exams:
A Baseline Report.
Available from: Center on Education Policy, http://www.ctredpol.org/
Price: Free
Article: Reuters. 2002. “Only Half of Americans Like Their
Jobs.” The New York Times. 8/22/02.
Summary: Americans are growing disgruntled with their jobs, getting
fed up not only with bonus plans and promotion policies but even with
colleagues.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-economy-jobs-satisfaction.html
Study: The Conference Board. 2002. Special Consumer Survey Report:
Job Satisfaction on the Decline, The Conference Board - July 2002.
Available from: The Conference Board, http://www.conference-board.org/search/dpress.cfm?pressid=4728
Price: Free
Article: Associated Press. 2002. “1 in 4 Teachers Is Not Trained
in Field.” The New York Times. 8/22/02.
Summary: About one in four classes at public middle schools and
high schools is taught by a teacher not trained in the subject, and the
problem is much worse in schools that serve poor and minority students.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/22/education/22TEAC.html
Study: Craig D. Jerald. 2002.All Talk, No Action: Putting an End to
Out-of-Field Teaching.
Available from: Education trust, http://www.edtrust.org/main/documents/teacherquality.pdf
Price: Free
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Politics and Society
Article:
Shankar Vendatam. 2002. “Understanding That Loving Feeling.” The
Washington Post, A02. 7/29/02.
Summary: Humans have a special set of nerves for feeling pleasure
that are sensitive to the soft touch of fingers gliding over a forearm or
a parent’s soothing hand, but not to rough touches, jabs or pinches.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12587-2002Jul28.html
Study: Hakan Olausson et al. 2002. Unmyelinated tactile afferents
signal touch and project to insular cortex.
Available from: Nature Neuroscience, August 2002, Vol.5
No.8, http://www.nature.com/neuro/
Price: $25.00
Article: Robert Pear. 2002. "A Study Finds Children's Aid
Goes to Adults." The New York Times. 8/9/02.
Summary: Congressional investigators said today that the Bush
administration had improperly allowed some states to spend federal money
intended for the Children's Health Insurance Program on childless adults
instead.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/08/politics/08CHIL.html
Study: General Accounting Office. 2002. Medicaid and SCHIP: Recent
HHS Approvals of Demonstration Waiver Projects Raise Concerns.
Available from: General Accounting Office, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02817.pdf
Price: Free
Article: Jacqueline L. Salmon. 2002. "Confidence in Nonprofits
Loses Boost From Sept. 11." The Washington Post, B02. 8/15/02.
Summary: Americans' support of charities, which spiked after last
year's terrorist attacks, has returned to its pre-Sept. 11 levels,
according to a national poll released yesterday.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19889-2002Aug14.html
Study: Independent Sector. 2002. Keeping the Trust: Confidence in
Charitable Organizations in an Age of Scrutiny.
Available from: Independent Sector, http://www.independentsector.org/programs/research/trust.html
Price: Free
Article: Katie Hafner. 2002. “Study Finds That Teachers Fail to
Grasp the Web's Potential.” The New York Times 8/16/02.
Summary: Students tend to be far more adept than their teachers
when it comes to finding creative educational uses for the Internet.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/15/technology/circuits/15STUD.html
Study: Douglas Levin. 2002. The Digital Disconnect: The Widening
Gap Between Internet-Savvy Students and their Schools.
Available from: The Pew Internet and American Life Project, http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=67
Price: Free
Article: Reuters. 2002. “Jobless Claims
Dip.” USA Today. 8/22/02.
Summary: The number of Americans seeking initial jobless benefits
eased a slight 2,000 last week, the government said Thursday.
Location: http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/employment/2002-08-22-jobless_x.htm
Study: Department of Labor. 2002. Unemployment Insurance Weekly
Claims Report.
Available from: DOL, http://www.dol.gov
Price: Free
Article: Mark Ingebertsen. 2002. "Health Benefits for
Retirees: It's the Next Hot-Button Issue." The Wall Street Journal.
8/23/02.
Summary: This fall, Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) will introduce
legislation designed to "protect benefit plans from being changed
after retirement and provide some recovery for retirees already
affected."
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB103005682260707195.djm,00.html
Study: General Accounting Office. 2001. Retiree Health Benefits:
Employer-Sponsored Benefits May Be Vulnerable to Further Erosion.
Available from: The General Accounting Office, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d01374.pdf
Price: Free
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Family Life
Article:
Kathleen Fackelmann. 2002. “Baby Boomers’ Driving Days Dwindle.” USA
Today. 7/29/02.
Summary: By the year 2030, about 7 million baby boomers age 85 and
older will have stopped driving and will be forced to rely on other forms
of transportation.
Location: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2002-07-29-old-drivers_x.htm
Study: Daniel Foley et al. 2002. Driving Life Expectancy of Persons
Aged 70 Years and Older in the United States.
Available from: The American Journal of Public Health,
August 2002 vol. 92, No. 8, http://www.ajph.org/
Price: $7.00
Article: The Associated Press. 2002. “Gene May Change Behavior of
Abused.” The New York Times. 8/1/02.
Summary: Abused children who become violent criminals as adults may
be influenced by a gene that fails to make enough of an essential brain
chemical.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/science/AP-Abused-Children.html
Study: Ayshalom Caspi et al. 2002. Role of Genotype in the Cycle of
Violence in Maltreated Children.
Available from: Science August 2, 2002. Vol. 297 No.5582, http://www.sciencemag.org
Price: $5.00
Article: Associated Press. 2002. "Study:
Less Suicide Among Athletes." The New York Times. 8/6/02.
Summary: College students who play varsity or intramural sports are
less likely to consider or attempt suicide, a federal study has found.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/science/AP-EXP-Fitness-Sports-Suicide.html
Study: David W. Brown et al. 2002. Physical Activity, Sports
Participation, and Suicidal Behavior Among College Students.
Available from: Medicine & Science in Sports &
Exercise, http://www.ms-se.com/
Price: Free
Article: Associated Press. 2002. "Study:
Kids Optimistic Despite 9 / 11." The New York Times. 8/6/02.
Summary: Two-thirds of teens surveyed said Sept. 11 was the most
significant event of their lives, the survey found. The same percentage
said that after the attacks they prayed, meditated or spent time in
spiritual reflection.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Teens.html
Study: Horatio Algers Association. 2002. State of Our Nation's
Youth 2002.
Available from: Horatio Algers Association, http://www.horatioalger.com/pubmat/surpro.htm
Price: Free
Article: Julie Flaherty. 2002. "Girls Link Their Use of Family
Planning Clinics to Keeping Parents in the Dark." The New York Times.
8/14/02.
Summary: Most girls under 18 would stop or limit their use of
sexual health services at family planning clinics if their parents had to
be told they were seeking prescribed
contraceptives.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/14/health/14TEEN.html
Study: Diane M. Reddy. 2002. Effect of Mandatory Parental
Notification on Adolescent Girls' Use of Sexual Health Care Services.
Available from: The Journal of the American Medical
Association, http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/current/toc.html
Price: $9.00
Article: Associated Press. 2002. "Female Doctors Spend More
Time with Patients." The Washington Post, A17. 8/14/02.
Summary: Female primary care doctors spend more time with their
patients than male doctors and engage in more patient-oriented,
emotion-focused talk during office visits.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15062-2002Aug13.html
Study: Debra Roter et al. 2002. Physician Gender Effects in Medical
Communication: A Meta-analytic Review.
Available from: The Journal of the American Medical
Association, http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/current/toc.html
Price: $9.00
Article: Associated Press. 2002. “Study:
No '90s Health Coverage Boom.” The New York Times. 8/21/02.
Summary: The booming economy of the late 1990s did not lead to an
increase in the percentage of American workers covered by
employer-sponsored health insurance.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/health/AP-Health-Insurance.html
Study: Center for Studying Health System Changes. 2002. Working
Families' Health Insurance Coverage, 1997-2001.
Available from: Center for Studying Health System Changes, http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/465/
Price: Free
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Health and Reproductive Issues
Article:
The Associated Press. 2002. “Autism Relief Found in Drug, Study
Shows.” The New York Times. 8/1/02.
Summary: A newer drug used to treat adults with schizophrenia also
curtails serious behavioral problems in children with autism.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/01/health/01AUTI.html
Study: J.T. McCracken et al. 2002. Risperidone in Children with Autism
and Serious Behavioral Problems.
Available from: The New England Journal of Medicine, August
1, 2002. Vol.347 No.5, http://content.nejm.org/
Price: $10.00
Article:
Susan Okie. 2002. “Study Links Excess Weight to Risk of Heart
Failure.” The Washington Post, A02. 8/1/02
Summary: Being even moderately overweight or obese increases a
person's risk of developing heart failure, a serious condition in which
the heart is unable to pump enough blood to supply the body's needs.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28452-2002Jul31.html
Study: Satish Kenchaiah et al. 2002. Obesity and the Risk of Heart
Failure.
Available form: The New England Journal of Medicine, August
1, 2002. Vol. 347 No.5, http://content.nejm.org/
Price: $10.00
Article: Associated Press. 2002. "
Study Shows No Link Between Pollution and Breast Cancer." The Wall
Street Journal. 8/6/02.
Summary: A study on possible links between pollution and the high
rates of breast cancer on Long
Island failed to show a connection, results showed Tuesday.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1028637606341770360.djm,00.html
Study: Marilie D Gammon, et al. 2002. Environmental Toxins and
Breast Cancer on Long Island. I. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon DNA
Adducts.
Available from: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers &
Prevention, http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/11/8/677
Price: Free
Article: Nurith Aizenman. 2002. "Smaller Suburban
Babies." The Washington Post, B01. 8/7/02.
Summary: Low birth-weight babies have become increasingly prevalent
in the nation's suburbs as more women have children at older ages and use
procedures such as in vitro fertilization that are more likely to produce
multiple births.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52523-2002Aug6.html
Study: Dennis Andrulis et al. Healthy Cities, Healthy Suburbs.
Available from: The Downstate Medical Center, www.downstate.edu/urbansoc_healthdata/
Price: Free
Article: Associated Press. 2002.
"Womb Environment May Influence Blood Pressure." USAToday.
8/14/02.
Summary: Adult health is set to a significant degree by conditions
in the womb and suggests the programming may start earlier in pregnancy
than previously believed.
Location: http://usatoday.com/news/health/2002-08-14-fetal-growth_x.htm
Study: K V Blake et al. 2002. Prenatal
Ultrasound Biometry Related to Subsequent Blood Pressure in Childhood.
Available from: The Journal of Epidemiology and Community
Health, http://jech.bmjjournals.com/current.shtml
Price: $8.00
Article: Paul Recer. 2002. “Breast Cancer Gene Study
Questioned.” The Washington Post. 8/21/02.
Summary: Some women with gene mutations have had their breasts
removed after studies showed they were at a high risk of cancer. A new
analysis suggests the studies may
have exaggerated the breast cancer risk.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43594-2002Aug21.html
Study: Colin B. Begg. 2002. On the Use of Familial Aggregation in
Population-Based Case Probands for Calculating Penetrance.
Available from: The Journal of the National Cancer
Institute, http://jncicancerspectrum.oupjournals.org/
Price: $17.00
Article: Associated Press. 2002. "Blacks
at More Risk for Heart Trouble." USA Today. 8/22/02.
Summary: A new study has found 13% of black Americans have a gene
variation that greatly increases their risk of developing a rare type of
abnormal cardiac rhythm.
Location: http://usatoday.com/news/health/2002-08-22-heartbeat-gene_x.htm
Study: Mark T. Keating et al. 2002. Variant of SCN5A Sodium Channel
Implicated in Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmia.
Available from: Science Magazine, http://www.sciencemag.org/
Price: $5.00
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Poverty
and Income
Article:
Nina Bernstein. 2002. “Side Effect of Welfare Law: The No-Parent
Family.” The New York Times. 7/29/02.
Summary: A rising share of children, particularly black children in
cities, are turning up in no-parent households, left with relatives,
friends or foster families without either their mother or their father.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/29/national/29WELF.html
Study: Thomas Fraker et al. 2002. Evaluation of Welfare Reform in
Iowa: Final Impact Report.
Available from: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/iowawelreport.pdf
Price: Free.
Article:
Avis Thomas-Lester. 2002. “County’s Subsidized Child Care Has Doubled
Since 1990.” The Washington Post, AA03. 8/1/02.
Summary: The number of children in Maryland receiving federally
subsidized child care has grown substantially in the past decade as
parents previously on welfare took jobs and sought daily care for their
children. However, nationally, only 2.4 million children were receiving
subsidies out of more than 15 million who qualified.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26114-2002Jul31.html
Study: Jennifer Mezey et al. 2002. The Vast Majority of
Federally-Eligible Children Did Not Receive Child Care Assistance in FY
2000.
Available from: Center for Law and Social Policy, http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1024427382.81/ChildCareNumberFull.pdf
Price: Free
Article: Reuters. 2002. "36 States See Personal Income Tax
Revenues Fall." The New York Times. 8/9/02.
Summary: Thirty-six U.S. states saw their personal income tax
collections fall in the second quarter, hurt by the weak economy and the
bear market that sliced tax revenues from capital gains.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-taxes-statesembargoed.html
Study: Nicholas W. Jenny. The Rockefeller Institute State Fiscal
News: Vol. 2, No. 10 August 2002. Large Decline in April-June 2002 Quarter
Caps Terrible Fiscal Year for States.
Available from: The Rockefeller Institute, http://www.rockinst.org/publications/fiscal_studies/SFN_2_10.pdf
Price: Free
Article: Louis Uchitelle. 2002. "
Employment Data Raise Questions About Economic Recovery." The New
York Times. 8/3/02.
Summary: The unemployment rate remained at 5.9 percent, the same as
June, as 86,000 people who might have been listed as unemployed and job
hunting dropped out of the labor force instead. The number of temporary
workers, which had been growing in earlier months and usually rises as the
economy is beginning to improve, shrank in July. Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/03/business/03ECON.html
Study: Department of Labor. 2002. The Employment Situation: July
2002.
Available from: The Department of Labor, http://www.dol.gov
Price: Free
Article: Carlos Tejada. 2002. "Too
Many People Compete For Too Few Available Jobs." The Wall Street
Journal. 8/14/02.
Summary: Roughly eight million Americans looking for work are
competing for a mere 3.5 million jobs.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1029275059990497155.djm,00.html
Study: The Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2002. Job Openings and Labor
Turnover Survey.
Available from: The Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov
Price: Free
Article: Richard Morin. 2002. "The Spillover
Effect." The Washington Post, B05. 8/18/02.
Summary: A college education benefits the less-educated on payday
as well.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29295-2002Aug17.html
Study: Enrico Moretti. 2002. Estimating the Social Return to Higher
Education: Evidence From Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-Sectional Data.
Available from: The National Bureau of Economic Research, http://www.nber.org/new.html#latest
Price: Free
Article: Louis Uchitelle. 2002. “Data Show
Growing Trend Toward Permanent Layoffs.” The New York Times. 8/22/02.
Summary: Permanent layoffs surged from 1999 through 2001.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/22/business/22ECON.html
Study: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2002. Worker Displacement,
1999-2001.
Available from: BLS, http://www.bls.gov/bls/whatsnew.htm
Price: Free
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Of
Interest
Article:
Reuters. 2002. “Senate Democrats Push Women’s Rights Treaty.” The
New York Times. 7/30/02.
Summary: Senate Democrats sent a U.N. treaty on women’s rights
drafter 23 years ago and already approved by 170 countries to the full
Senate for a ratification vote on Tuesday, rejecting appeals from the Bush
administration that the treaty needed more review.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-congress-women.html
Article:
Barbara Crossette. 2002. “Implacable Force for Family Planning.” The
New York Times. 7/30/02.
Summary: Dr. Steven W. Sinding becomes director general of the
International Planned Parenthood Federation this month. Because the
federation’s agenda includes access to abortion, it receives no American
money at a time when millions of people in the third world are clamoring
for more contraceptives and health workers are short of condoms to fight
the spread of AIDS.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/30/health/30POPU.html
Article: Steven Greenhouse. 2002. "Government Asked to Act on
Teenagers' Job Safety." The New York Times. 8/5/02.
Summary: The Labor Department released a report it had commissioned
from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health that urged
the government to prohibit teenagers from engaging in a number of fields,
including construction, garbage collection and work on roofs.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/national/05TEEN.html
Article: John O'Neil. 2002. "At Risk: Weighing Odds and
Babies." The New York Times. 8/6/02.
Summary: Giving birth at home is riskier both for the child and the
mother, even in uncomplicated pregnancies, according to a new study.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/06/health/womenshealth/06RISK.html
Article: Nicholas D. Kristoff. 2002.
"Bush vs. Women." The New York Times. 8/16/02.
Summary: Aside from cutting off funding for the population agency,
the Bush administration is busy devastating third-world women in other
ways.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/16/opinion/16KRIS.html
Article: Washington Post Staff. 2002. "A Question of Medical
Privacy." The Washington Post, B06. 8/16/02.
Summary: A dead newborn baby brings up questions of privacy in a
women's clinic in Iowa.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3813-2002Aug10.html
Article: Washington Post Staff. 2002. Groups Urge Abortion Pill
Withdrawal. The Washington Post, A07. 8/22/02.
Summary: Three groups opposed to abortion petitioned the Food and
Drug Administration yesterday to immediately take the abortion pill RU-486
off the market, saying that medical abortion is jeopardizing women's
lives.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47170-2002Aug21.html
Article: Nicholas D. Kristof. 2002.
"Shaming Young Mothers." The New York Times. 8/23/02.
Summary: A new Florida state law requires women — even 14- and
15-year-old girls, even rape victims — to disclose the name and address
of the father of a baby offered for adoption, or else to publish these ads
for four weeks.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/opinion/23KRIS.html
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