October 27 - November 30, 2001

Work and Education

Article: Ben White. 2001. “Poor Work Tolerated, Employees Say.” The Washington Post, A19. 10/30/01.
Summary: Federal workers view their co-workers as poor performers who are rarely disciplined.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8640-2001Oct29.html
Study: Paul C. Light. 2001. To Restore and Renew: Now is the Time to Rebuild the Federal Public Service.
Available from: The Brookings Institution, http://www.brookings.edu/views/articles/light/200111ge.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: job security; federal government

Article: Jeannine Aversa. Associated Press. 2001. “Jobless Jump is Biggest in 21 Years.” The Washington Post.  11/2/01.
Summary: The nation's unemployment rate soared to 5.4 percent in October, the biggest one-month jump in more than 21 years.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20011102/aponline133634_000.htm
Study: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2001. Current Population Survey (CPS.)
Available from: The Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.toc.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: unemployment; job security

Article: Leslie Eaton and Edward Wyatt. 2001. “Attacks Hit Low-Pay Jobs the Hardest.” The New York Times. 11/6/01.
Summary: Workers in traditionally low-wage industries, like restaurants and hotels, retailing and transportation, have been hit hard in the fallout from Sept. 11.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/06/nyregion/06JOBS.html?searchpv=nytToday
Study: Fiscal Policy Institute. 2001. World Trade Center Job Impacts Take a Heavy Toll on Low-Wage Workers: Occupational and Wage Implications of Job Losses Related to the September 11 World Trade Center Attack.
Available from: The Fiscal Policy Institute, http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/Nov5WTCreport.PDF
Price: Free
Keywords: low-income families; job security

Article: Jay Mathews. 2001. “In College Admissions, Magnets are Negative.” The Washington Post, A01. 11/12/01.
Summary: A new study of more than 1 million students, the largest ever to measure this aspect of college admissions, has concluded that very selective high schools can hurt, not help, most students' chances of getting into very selective colleges.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A12627-2001Nov11?language=printer
Study: Paul Attewell. 2001. World Trade Center Job Impacts Take a Heavy Toll on Low-Wage Workers: Occupational and Wage Implications of Job Losses Related to the September 11 World Trade Center Attack.
Available from: The Fiscal Policy Institute, http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/Nov5WTCreport.PDF
Price: Free
Keywords: colleges & universities; education

Article: Associated Press. 2001. “Graduation Rate Up in U.S. High Schools.” The New York Times.  11/16/01.
Summary:  The high school graduation rate for Americans rose slightly to a record 86.5 percent last year.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/education/16GRAD.html?searchpv=nytToday&pagewanted=print
Study: Phillip Kaufman, et. al. 2001.  Dropout Rates in the United States: 2000. 
Available from:  The National Center for Education Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002114
Price: Free
Keywords: education, children; social trends

Article: Dow Jones. 2001. “Census on Living Standards Glimpses US Before Sept. 11.”  The Wall Street Journal.  11/20/01.
Summary:  Chances are that people who live in one of America’s technology corridors have better educations and make more money than other Americans.
Location: http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve@0.cgi?arockett/text/autowire/data/DI-CO-20011120-001466
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Study: Census Bureau. 2001. American Community Survey 2000.
Available from: Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/2000/index.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: workforce demographics; demographics

Article: Michael A. Fletcher. 2001. “Schools Lack Funds, Study Warns.” The Washington Post, A07. 11/20/01.
Summary: The slowing economy is preventing states from spending the money needed on education to keep pace with inflation and surging enrollments.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55289-2001Nov19.html
Study: The Democratic Staffs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce. 2001. Education in Crisis: The State Budget Crunch and Our Nation’s Schools.
Available from: The U.S. Senate, http://labor.senate.gov/stateproject.pdf
Price: Free
Keywords: funding; education, children

Article: Stephen Barr. 2001. “As a Recruiting Tools, Paid Parental Leave Doesn’t Impress OPM.” The Washington Post, B02. 11/30/01.
Summary: A study by the Office of Personnel Management has found little evidence that offering paid parental leave to federal employees would stem turnover or improve hiring.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36696-2001Nov29.html
Study: Office of Personnel Management.  2001. Paid Parental Leave.
Available from: The Office of Personnel Management, http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/html/ParentalReport.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: federal government; parenting

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Politics and Society

Article: Associated Press. 2001. “Study: Younger Wives Attacked More.” The New York Times.  10/29/01.
Summary: The rate at which women are attacked by “intimate partners” is related to their age.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Violence-by-Acquaintance.html?searchpv=aponline
Study: Callie Marie Rennison. 2001. Intimate Partners Violence and Age of Victims, 1993-1999.
Available from: Department of Justice Bureau of Statistics, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipva99.pdf
Price: Free
Keywords: domestic violence; physical abuse

Article: Kevin Sack. 2001. “State Budgets Facing a Fall in Revenues.” The New York Times. 11/2/01.
Summary: State governments are facing the deepest budget shortfalls in at least a decade.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/02/national/02STAT.html?searchpv=past7days
Study: National Council of State Legislatures. 2001. State Fiscal Outlook for FY 2002: October Update.
Available from: National Council of State Legislatures, http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/sfo2001.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: federal budget; funding

Article: Wall Street Journal Staff. 2001. “Wholesale Prices Drop a Record 1.6%
Amid Lower Energy and Auto Costs.” The Wall Street Journal. 11/9/01.
Summary: Wholesale prices took a surprisingly steep tumble in October, the biggest drop on record.
Location: http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve.cgi?id=SB1005312149332022840.djm&template=atlas.tmpl
Study: Department of Labor. 2001. Producer Price Indexes -- October 2001.
Available from: The Wall Street Journal, http://interactive.wsj.com/documents/bbppi-20011109.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: savings; poverty

Article: Dan Keating and Dan Balz. 2001. “Florida Recounts Would Have Favored Bush.” The Washington Post, A1. 11/12/2001.
Summary: The two limited recounts would have favored Bush, but statewide recounts would have favored Gore.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12623-2001Nov11.html
Study: National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. 2001. Florida Ballots Project.
Available from: NORC, http://www.norc.uchicago.edu/fl/index.asp
Price: Free
Keywords: voting; political participation

Article: Joseph B. Treaster. 2001. “Deaths of Women in Car Crashes Is on the Rise, Study Says.” The New York Times.11/15/01.
Summary: The number of women killed in car crashes increased 60 percent from the mid-1970’s to the late 1990’s.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/15/national/15DRIV.html?searchpv=nytToday
Study: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. 2001. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Status Report.
Available from: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, http://www.highwaysafety.org/srpdfs/sr3610.pdf
Price: Free
Keywords: health risks; prevention

Article: Alec Klein. 2001. “Internet Use Seems to Cut Into TV Time.” The Washington Post, E01. 11/29/01.
Summary: The Web is gaining on television in the battle for attention from the Internet generation.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31604-2001Nov28.html
Study: Jeffrey Cole. 2001. Surveying the Digital Future: How the PC and Internet Are Changing the World.
Available from: The UCLA Center for Communication Policies, http://ccp.ucla.edu/pages/StudyDescription.asp
Price: Free
Keywords: television; teenagers

Article: Claudia Deane and Richard Morin. 2001. “Most Americans Back U.S. Tactics.”  The Washington Post, A01. 11/29/01.
Summary: Six in 10 agree with President Bush that suspected terrorists should be tried in special military tribunals and not in U.S. criminal courts.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30704-2001Nov28.html
Study: The Washington Post and ABC News. 2001. Washington Post-ABC News Poll: America at War.
Available from: The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/vault/stories/data112801.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: law enforcement; treatment
 
Article: Darryl Fears. 2001. “FBI Data Miss Hate Crimes, Watchdog Group Says.”  The Washington Post, A02. 11/29/01.
Summary: A watchdog group that monitors hate crimes says that the FBI’s data collection method has routinely missed tens of thousands of cases.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31549-2001Nov28.html
Study: Southern Poverty Law Center. 2001. Discounting Hate.
Available from: Southern Poverty Law Center, http://www.splcenter.org/intelligenceproject/ip-index.html
Price: Free
Keywords: law enforcement; crime

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Family Life

Article: Charles Murray. 2001. “The Fathers Are Still Missing.” The Washington Post, A21. 10/30/01.
Summary: Single parenthood is declining, but more cohabitation (vs. marriage) contributes to these statistics.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9034-2001Oct29.html
Study: Gregory Acs. 2001. “Honey, I’m Home.” Changes in Living Arrangements in the Late 1990s.
Available from: The Urban Institute, http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b38/b38.html
Price: Free
Keywords: family composition; parenting

Article: Richard Rothstein. 2001. “Linking Poor Performance to Working After School.” The New York Times. 10/31/01.
Summary: Student jobs may explain why, despite lower academic scores, Americans are so productive.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/31/education/31LESS-WEB.html?searchpv=past7days
Study: Trevor Williams, et al. 2001. Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
Available from: The National Council of Education Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov/timss/timss95/index.asp
Price: Free
Keywords: labor; education, children

Article: Thomas A. Fogarty. 2001. “Low Mortgage Rates Spur Refinancing.” USA Today. 11/9/01.
Summary: The decline in mortgage rates has unleashed a torrent of mortgage refinancing applications.
Location: http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/housing/2001-11-08-mortgage-r.htm
Study: Freddie Mac. 2001. 30-Year and 15-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgages Lowest Ever Surveyed.
Available from: Freddie Mac, http://www.freddiemac.com/pmms/rate1108.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: funding; homeowners

Article: Richard Morin. 2001. “Shotgun Wedding Magic.” The Washington Post, B05. 11/11/01.
Summary: Married men earn more than single men, even when the marriages may have been unplanned or unwanted.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8817-2001Nov10.html
Study: Donna Ginther and Madeline Zavodny. 1998. Is the Male Marriage Premium Due to Selection?  
The Effect of Shotgun Weddings on the Return to Marriage.
Available from: The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, http://www.frbatlanta.org/publica/work_papers/WP975.HTM
Price: Free
Keywords: parenting; workforce demographics

Article: Associated Press. 2001. “Study Shows Far-Reaching Ripples of Stress from Terrorist Attacks.” The Wall Street Journal. 11/14/01. 
Summary: The attacks of September 11 caused nearly half of American adults to display pronounced symptoms of stress.
Location: http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve@1.cgi?arockett/text/wsjie/data/SB1005756491116382360.d
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Study: Mark Schuster. 2001. A National Survey of Stress Reactions after the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks.
Available from: The New England Journal of Medicine, http://content.nejm.org/
Price: $10.00
Keywords: mental health; diagnosis

Article: Associated Press. 2001. “U.S. Lags in Reducing Teen Pregnancy.” The New York Times. 11/29/01.
Summary: A multi-national survey shows that teenage pregnancy is not being reduced in the U.S. as effectively as in other countries.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Teen-Pregnancy.html?searchpv=aponline
Study: Alan Guttmacher Institute. 2001. Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Behavior inDeveloped Countries: Can More Progress Be Made?
Available from: The Alan Guttmacher Institute, http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/euroteens_summ.pdf
Price: Free
Keywords: sexual behavior; teenage pregnancy

Article: Paul Farhi. 2001. “The Great Worry Divide.” The Washington Post, C01. 11/29/01.
Summary: In the aftermath of Sept. 11, surveys find women are more likely than men to take terrorism very personally.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31094-2001Nov28.html
Study: The Pew Research Center. 2001. Worries About Terrorism Subside in Mid-America.
Available from: The Pew Research Center, http://www.people-press.org/110801rpt.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: gender comparisons; mental health  

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Health and Reproductive Issues 

Article: Julian E. Barnes. 2001. “Study Finds Inaccurate Labels on Health Bars.” The New York Times. 10/30/01.
Summary: The majority of nutrition bars do not live up to their health claims.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/30/health/nutrition/30NUTR.html?searchpv=past7days
Study: ConsumerLab. 2001. Product Review: Nutrition Bars (Energy Bars, Protein Bars, Diet Bars, and Meal-Replacement Bars).
Available from: ConsumerLab, http://www.consumerlab.com/results/nutbars.asp
Price: $5.25
Keywords: nutrition; diet

Article: Jane E. Brody. 2001. “Study Looks at Absence of Referrals by Doctors.” The New York Times. 11/1/01.
Summary: When people in health maintenance organizations are allowed to see specialists whenever they want to, without being referred by a primary care physician, they do not flock to the specialists' offices, a new study has found.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/01/national/01HMO.html?searchpv=past7days
Study: Timothy G. Ferris, et al.  2001. Leaving Gatekeeping Behind — Effects of Opening Access to Specialists for Adults in a Health Maintenance Organization.
Available from: The New England Journal of Medicine, http://content.nejm.org/
Price: $10.00
Keywords: diagnosis; health care

Article: Associated Press. 2001. “Extra Radiation Aids Breast Cancer Outlook in Young Women.” The Wall Street Journal.
 11/7/01.
Summary: An extra dose of radiation aimed at the spot where a tumor was removed can substantially
improve the outlook for younger women breast cancer.
Location: http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve@0.cgi?arockett/text/autowire/data/DI-CO-20011107-010025
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Study: Harry Bartelink. 2001.  Recurrence Rates after Treatment of Breast Cancer with Standard Radiotherapy with or without Additional Radiation. Netherlands Cancer Institute.
Available from: New England Journal of Medicine, http://content.nejm.org
Price: $9.00
Keywords: breast cancer; treatment 

Article: John O’Neil. 2001.  “Symptoms: Finding Short-Lived Relief in Pregnancy.” The New York Times. 11/6/01.
Summary: Some women with diseases related to immune system malfunctions find that their symptoms subside during pregnancy, and then rebound after childbirth.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/06/health/womenshealth/06SYMP.html?searchpv=past7days
Study: Ilia J. Elenkov. 2001. IL -12, TNF-, and Hormonal Changes during Late Pregnancy and Early Postpartum: Implications for Autoimmune Disease Activity During These Times. The National Institutes of Health.
Available from: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, http://jcem.endojournals.org/
Price: $339.00 with Subscription
Keywords: pregnancy; medical treatment

Article: Sally Squires. 2001. “Easy on the Joe?” The Washington Post, HE02. 11/6/01.
Summary: Drinking just 21/2 cups of coffee a day can significantly accelerate spinal bone loss in elderly women.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32914-2001Nov2.html
Study: Prema B Rapuri. 2001.  Caffeine Intake Increases the Rate of Bone Loss in Elderly Women and Interacts with Vitamin D Receptor Genotypes.
Available from: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, http://www.ajcn.org/
Price: $8.00
Keywords: elder care; diet

Article: David Brown. 2001. “More People Could Benefit from Statins, Study Finds.” The Washington Post, A02. 11/14/01.
Summary: Cholesterol lowering drugs known as statins can benefit anyone at an increased risk of heart disease.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24974-2001Nov13.html
Study: Rory Collins. 2001.  Heart Protection Survey.
Available from: Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) of Oxford University, http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/projects/hps.shtml
Price: Free
Keywords: cholesterol; treatment

Article: Reuters. 2001.  “Genetic Testing of Women Aids in Cancer Fight.” The New York Times. 11/14/01.
Summary: Genetic screening can help show doctors which women should use the drug tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/14/health/14CANC.html?searchpv=nytToday
Study: Mary – Claire King. 2001. Tamoxifen and Breast Cancer Incidence Among Women With Inherited Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2: National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP-P1) Breast Cancer Prevention Trial.
Available from: The Journal of the American Medical Association, http://jama.ama-assn.org/
Price: $9.00
Keywords: diagnosis; cancer, breast

Article: Judith Groch. 2001. “A New Test for Women at High Risk for Cancer.” The New York Times. 11/20/01.
Summary: For women with a high risk of breast cancer, an experimental procedure that retrieves cells from the milk ducts may help guide difficult 
decisions about preventive treatment.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/health/womenshealth/20BREA.html?searchpv=past7days
Study: William C. Dooley. 2001.  Ductal Lavage for Detection of Cellular Atypia in Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer.
Available from: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, http://www.jnci.oupjournals.org/content/vol93/issue21/
Price: $170.00 with Subscription
Keywords: prevention; cancer, breast

Article: Associated Press. 2001.  “Study: Light Cigarettes Not Better.”  The New York Times. 11/27/01.
Summary: People who switch from regular cigarettes to brands marketed as ``low tar'' or ``light'' do not reduce their chances of getting smoking-related diseases.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Cigarette-Claims.html?searchpv=aponline
Study: National Cancer Institute.  2001. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine.
Available from: National Cancer Institute, http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/nci_monographs/MONO13/MONO13.HTM
Price: Free
Keywords: smoking; health risks

Article: Gina Kolata. 2001. “Hints of an Alzheimer’s Aid in Anti-Inflammatory Drugs.” The New York Times. 11/22/02.
Summary: Middle-age and elderly people who took anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen or naproxen for at least two years were 
apparently protected from Alzheimer's disease.
Location: http://search.nytimes.com:80/plweb-cgi/fastweb?state_id=1007150255&view=site&docrank=9&numhitsfound
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Study: B.A. Veld. 2001. Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs and the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease.
Available from: The New England Journal of Medicine, www.nejm.org
Price: $10.00
Keywords: elder care; medical treatment

Article: Reuters. 2001. “Formula Supported for Mothers with H.I.V.” The New York Times.  11/21/01.
Summary: A study done supports the use of formula over breast-feeding by women in poor countries who carry the virus that causes AIDS.      
Location: http://search.nytimes.com:80/plweb-cgi/fastweb?state_id=1007151001&view=site&numhitsfound=1&query
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Study: Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha. 2001. Morbidity and Mortality in Breastfed and Formula-Fed Infants of HIV-1–Infected Women.
Available from: Journal of the American Medical Association, http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v286n19/abs/joc10358.html
Price: $9.00
Keywords: AIDS; breast feeding

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Poverty and Income

Article: Richard Morin. 2001. “America on the Dole” The Washington Post, B05. 10/28/01.
Summary: A majority of Americans will benefit from a welfare program at some point during their working lives.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60023-2001Oct26.html
Study: Rank, Mark R. and Thomas A. Hirschl. 2001. "Rags or Riches: Estimating the Probabilities of Poverty and Affluence Across the Adult American Life Span."
Available from: Social Science Quarterly, http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/journals/jssq.html
Price: In Print
Keywords: welfare reform; poverty 

Article: Kathleen Day. 2001. “Bank Fees Bigger at Bigger Rates.” The Washington Post, E02. 11/2/01.
Summary: The bigger the bank, the higher the fees it charges consumers.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28161-2001Nov2.html
Study: Edmund Mierzwinski. 2001. Big Banks, Bigger Fees 2001: National Survey Of Bank Fees.
Available from: U.S. Public Interest Research Group, http://www.stopatmfees.com/bigbanks2001/PDFs/banks2001final.PDF
Price: Free
Keywords: savings; investment

Article: The Associated Press. 2001. “Jobless Claims Drop for the Week.”  USA Today. 11/8/01.
Summary: New claims for state unemployment insurance posted a big decline last week.
Location: http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2001-11-08-jobless.htm
Study: Department of Labor. 2001.Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [11/08/2001.]
Available from: Department of Labor, http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: unemployment; insurance

Article: John Berry. 2001. “U.S. Productivity Rises 2.7%.” The Washington Post, E03. 11/8/01.
Summary: The amount of goods and services produced for each hour worked rose because of labor reductions.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59043-2001Nov7.html
Study. Department of Labor. 2001. Productivity and Costs, Third Quarter 2001.
Available from: Department of Labor, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
Price: Free
Keywords: labor; employee benefits

Article: Louis Uchitelle. 2001. “Start of Recession Thought to be in March.” The New York Times. 11/14/01.
Summary: Economists believe that March is the possible start of the current recession.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/14/business/14ECON.html?searchpv=past7days
Study: National Bureau of Economic Research. 2001. The NBER’s Recession Dating Procedure.
Available from: National Bureau of Economic Research, http://www.nber.org/cycles/recessions.html
Price: Free
Keywords: poverty; savings

Article: Greg Ip. 2001. “It’s Official: U.S. Economy Is in a Recession That Began in March, Key Committee Says.” The Wall Street Journal. 11/27/01.
Summary: America’s record economic expansion ended in March, giving way to the first recession in a decade.
Location: http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve@0.cgi?arockett/text/wsjie/data/SB10067870196
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Study:  National Bureau of Economic Research. 2001. The Business-Cycle Peak of March 2001.
Available from: The National Bureau of Economic Research, http://www.nber.org/cycles/november2001/
Price: Free
Keywords: federal budget; funding

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Of Interest

Article: New York Times Staff. 2001. “Massachusetts Clears Five Witches in Salem Trials.” The New York Times. 11/2/01.
Summary: More than three centuries after they were accused, tried and hanged as unrepentant witches on Gallows Hill in Salem, Mass., five women have been officially exonerated by the state.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/02/national/02WITC.html?searchpv=past7days
Keywords: women; treatment

Article: Otessa Middleton. 2001. “FDA Orders Pregnancy Tests For Women On Roche's Accutane.” The Wall Street Journal. 10/31/01.
Summary: The government said Wednesday it will require monthly pregnancy tests for women who take Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.'s acne drug Accutane, which is known to cause birth defects.
Location: http://interactive.wsj.com/documents/search.htm
Keywords: pregnancy; medical treatment

Article: Dow Jones Newswires. 2001. “UN: Thousands of Bangladeshi Girls Sold for Prostitution.” The Wall Street Journal.
 11/8/01.
Summary: Up to 500,000 Bangladeshi women and girls had been trafficked out of the country with promises of work or 
marriage in the last 15 years.
Location: http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve@1.cgi?arockett/text/autowire/data/DI-CO-20011103
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Keywords: child welfare; sexual assault

Article: Barbara Crossette. 2001. “Living in a World Without Women.” The Washington Post. 11/4/01.
Summary: When women’s influence increases, it strengthens the moderate center, bolstering economic stability and democratic order.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/04/weekinreview/04CROS.html?searchpv=past7days 
Keywords: international comparisons; women's movement

Article: Elisabeth Bumiller. 2001. “First Lady to Speak About Afghan Women.” The New York Times. 11/16/01.
Summary:  Laura Bush will use her husband’s usual Saturday radio address to speak about the oppression of the Afghan women.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/politics/16BUSH.html?searchpv=nytToday 
Keywords: international comparisons; women

Article: Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz. 2001. “D.C. Studies Taking Away Drug Babies.” The Washington Post, B01. 11/16/01.
Summary: Babies born with drugs or alcohol in their blood would automatically be taken from their mothers’ custody under legislation before the D.C. Council.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37676-2001Nov15.html 
Keywords: drug abuse; parenting

Article: John O’Neil. 2001. “At Risk: ‘Kangaroo’ Care for Underweight Infants.” The New York Times. 11/20/01.
Summary: “Kangaroo mother care” is a new technique developed for premature and ailing infants.
Location: http://search.nytimes.com:80/plweb-cgi/fastweb?state_id=1007152303&view=site&docrank=1&num
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Keywords: health, infants; medical treatment

Article: Associated Press. 2001. “Briefer Regimen May Fight Breast Cancer.” The New York Times. 11/27/01.
Summary: A single, concentrated dose of radiation may be as effective as six straight weeks of daily radiation treatment for women who have had a cancerous lump removed from a breast.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/27/health/womenshealth/27BREA.html?searchpv=past7days
Keywords: cancer, breast; 

Article: Nina Bernstein. 2001. “Uncertainties Loom as New Yorkers Hit Welfare Time Limit.” The New York Times. 11/30/01.
Summary: Tonight tens of thousands of families in New York will reach a five-year lifetime limit on federal welfare aid.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/30/nyregion/30WELF.html?searchpv=nytToday
Keywords: welfare reform; low-income families