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Work and Education
Article: Dow
Jones Newswires. 2002. “US Study Shows Increased Costs For Higher Education.”
The Wall Street Journal. 10/2/02.
Summary: A report card grading each state on its support for higher
education found that colleges have become less affordable in most places
compared with two years ago.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021002_000017-search,00.html
Study: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
2002. Measuring Up 2002: The
State-By-State Report Card for Higher Education.
Available from: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher
Education, http://measuringup.highereducation.org/2002/pdf/MeasUp2002.pdf
Price: Free
Keyword: Colleges &
Universities, Education, college
Article: Caren Bohan. 2002. "Jobs Cuts Rise Unexpectedly in
September." Washington Post. 10/4/02.
Summary: The economy shed jobs in September for the first time in
five months, the government said on
Friday in a report that highlighted the uneven pace of the economic
recovery.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42417-2002Oct4.html
Study: Department of Labor. 2002. Employment Situation.
Available from: Department of Labor, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.toc.htm
Price:
Free
Keyword: Unemployment, Job
Security
Article: USA Today Staff. 2002.
“Schools Ill-Prepared For Terrorism, Poll Says.” USA Today; 5D.
10/7/02
Summary: The nation's schools remain vulnerable to terrorism
Location: http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20021007/4511988s.htm
Study: National Association of School Resource Officers. 2001. 2001
School Resource Officer Survey.
Available from: National Association of School Resource
Officers, http://www.schoolsecurity.org/resources/nasro_sro_survey.html
Price: Free
Keyword: Child Safety,
Safety
Article: The Associated
Press. 2002. “Study: Non - Ill Sick Days Are Costly.” The New York
Times. 10/17/02.
Summary: More workers are taking sick days for family and personal
reasons rather than illness, at a rising cost to employers.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Sick-Days.html
Study: CCH Incorporated. 2002. CCH Unscheduled Absence Survey.
Available from: CCH
Incorporated, http://hr.cch.com/news/hrm/stories/101602a.asp
Price: $29.95
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Article: Wall Street Journal Staff. 2002. “Rank-and-File Workers Are
Rankled by Executive Pay.” The Wall Street Journal. 10/17/02.
Summary: A steady diet of business scandals and poor economic news
has left American workers angry at top corporate executives.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1034885297612621108-search,00.html
Study: Humphrey Taylor. 2002. The Enron Effect: The American
Public’s Hostile Attitudes Toward Top Business Managers.
Available from: The Harris Poll, http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=334
Price: Free
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Politics and Society
Article:
Washington Post Staff Writer. 2002. “WHO Report Details Global Violence:
Analysis Finds About 1.6 Million Deaths a Year; Preventive Measures
Promoted.” The Washington Post; A16. 10/3/02.
Summary: About 1.6 million people die violently each year around
the world, accounting for about 3 percent of all deaths. Most of the
victims are men, half are suicides, and 90 percent live in poor and
middle-income countries.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35213-2002Oct2.html
Study: World Health Organization. 2002. World report on
Violence and Health.
Available from: http://www.who.int/dsa/justpub/ViolenceReportA.pdf
Price: $27.00
Keyword: Violence, Health
Risks
Article: Reuters. 2002. “U.S. Hispanic Voter Loyalty Could Shift –
Study.” The New York Times. 10/3/02.
Summary: A survey of the Hispanic electorate in the United States
released on Thursday suggested that the loyalty of the Hispanic
constituency to the Democratic Party could shift as more Latinos join the
ranks of voters.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-politics-hispanics.html
Study: The Pew Hispanic Center/Kaiser Family Foundation. 2002. The
National Survey of Latinos: The Latino Electorate.
Available from: The Pew Hispanic Center, http://www.pewhispanic.org/site/docs/pdf/latino_topline_092002.pdf
Price: free
Keyword: Demographic
Trends, Racial Comparisons
Article: Washington Post Staff.
2002. “Finding Religion on the Web.” The Washington Post; C11.
10/6/02.
Summary: More Americans seek spiritual help online than have gone
to Internet gambling sites, bid in online auctions or banked online.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45223-2002Oct4.html
Study: The Pew Internet and American Life Project. 2001.
CyberFaith: How Americans Pursue Religion Online.
Available from: The Pew Internet and American Life Project ,
http://www.pewinternet.org/
Price: Free
Keyword: Technology, Religion
Article: Daniel J. Wakin. 2002.
“Survey of U.S. Jews Sees a Dip; Others Demur.” The New York Times.
10/9/02.
Summary: A major survey released yesterday estimated the Jewish
population in the United States at 5.2 million, a decline of 300,000 from
10 years earlier.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/national/09JEWS.html
Study: The United Jewish Communities. 2002. National Jewish
Population Survey.
Available from: The United Jewish Communities, http://www.ujc.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=60654
Price: Free
Keyword: Demographic
Trends, Religion
Article: The Washington Post Staff.
2002. “Defibrillators Can Save Lives in Untrained Hands.” The
Washington Post, A07. 10/17/02.
Summary: Ordinary people with no special training can save lives
with the heart-jolting defibrillators that are being put in public places
around the country.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37833-2002Oct16.html
Study: Sherry L. Caffrey et al. 2002. Public Use of Automated
External Defibrillators.
Available from: The New England Journal of Medicine, http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/347/16/1242
Price: $10.00
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Family Life
Article: Tamar
Lewin. 2002. “More in High School Are Virgins, Study Finds.” The New
York Times. 9/29/02.
Summary: Over the past decade, the percentage of high school
students who say they are virgins has risen significantly.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/29/national/29SEX.html
Study: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2002. Youth Risk
Behavior Survey.
Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5138a2.htm
Price: free
Keyword: Teenagers, Pregnancy
Article: The
Associated Press. 2002. “Minority Children's Injuries Prompt More
Suspicion, Study Finds.” The New York Times. 10/2/02.
Summary: Black and Hispanic children hospitalized with broken bones
suffered in accidents are far more likely than white youngsters to be
checked for child abuse.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/02/national/02ABUS.html
Study: Dr. Cindy Christian et al. 2002. Racial Differences in the
Evaluation of Pediatric Fractures for Physical Abuse.
Available from: Journal of the American Medical Association, http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v288n13/abs/joc11721.html
Price: $9.00
Keyword: Racial
Comparisons, Children, Discrimination
Article: Associated Press. 2002.
“Plunge in Teenage Abortions Leads Overall Decline in U.S.” The Wall
Street Journal. 10/8/02.
Summary: The U.S. abortion rate dropped significantly during the
second half of the 1990s, particularly among teenagers, and experts
attribute the decline to AIDS fears and better awareness of contraception.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1034107901269522876-search,00.html
Study: Rachel K. Jones et al. 2002. Patterns in the Socioeconomic
Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions in 2000-2001.
Available from: Alan Guttmacher Institute, http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/3422602.pdf
Price: Free
Keyword: Abortion
Issues, Teenagers
Article: Reuters. 2002.
“Obesity in U.S. Has Surged, Survey Says.” The New York Times.
10/9/02.
Summary: About 59 million American adults, one in every three, are
obese, and the number of overweight children has tripled in the last two
decades.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/health/09FAT.html
Study: Cynthia Ogden et al. 2002. Prevalence and Trends in Obesity
Among US Adults, 1999-2000.
Available from: The Journal of the American Medical
Association, http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v288n14/abs/joc21462.html
Price: Free
Keyword: Health
Article: The Associated Press. 2002. “Study:
Any Drinking Hurts Pregnancy.” The New York Times. 10/16/02.
Summary: Children born to mothers who drink even small amounts of
alcohol early in pregnancy are shorter and weigh less at age 14 than
children born to mothers who abstain.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Pregnancy-Drinking.html
Study: Nancy Day et al. Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Predicts
Continued Deficits in Offspring Size at 14 Years of Age.
Available from: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental
Research, http://ipsapp006.lwwonline.com/content/getfile/88/75/17/abstract.htm
Price: $20.00
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Health and Reproductive Issues
Article: The
Associated Press. 2002. “National Briefing: Science and Health.” The
New York Times. 9/28/02.
Summary: Women with endometriosis, a top cause of infertility, are
much more likely to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, chronic
fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and allergies.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/28/national/28BRFS5.html
Study: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
2002. Endometriosis.
Available from: National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/endometriosis.pdf
Price: free
Keyword: Health,
Pregnancy
Article:
Washington Post Staff Writer. 2002. “Breast
Self-Exam Fails to Save Lives in China.” The Washington Post; A10.
10/2/02.
Summary: Self-examination does not detect tumors early
enough to reduce the risk of death from breast cancer, and teaching the
technique may be a waste of time for doctors and patients.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30202-2002Oct1.html
Study: David B. Thomas et al. 2002. Randomized Trial of Breast
Self-Examination in Shanghai: Final Results.
Available from: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, http://jncicancerspectrum.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/jnci;94/19/1445
Price: $17.00
Keyword: Cancer,
Breast
Article: Donald G. McNeil Jr.
2002. “Study Sees Cancer Survival in a More Optimistic Light.” The New
York Times. 10/11/02.
Summary: Because statistical methods used in calculating cancer
survival are too conservative, Americans with cancer are actually living
longer than many doctors have been led to expect, and patients researching
their disease on the Internet may be reading prognoses that are grimmer
than the truth.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/11/health/11CANC.html
Study: Hermann Brenner. 2002. Long-term survival rates of cancer
patients achieved by the end of the 20th century: a period analysis.
Available from: The Lancet, http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol360/iss9340/full/llan.360.9340.original_research.22703.1
Price: Free
Keyword: Cancer, Health
Risks
Article: Associated Press. 2002.
“Skin-Cancer Deaths Decline In Young Adults, Study Says.” The Wall
Street Journal. 10/8/02.
Summary: U.S. melanoma deaths dropped significantly for people
between ages 20 and 44 during the past three decades, thanks in part to educational
campaigns about the dangers of too much sun.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB103410208040559556-search,00.html
Study: Alan C. Geller. 2002. Melanoma Incidence and Mortality Among
US Whites, 1969-1999.
Available from: http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/current/ffull/jlt1009-4.html
Price: Free
Keyword: Cancer,
Health Risks
Article: The Associated Press. 2002.
“Mastectomy, Lump Removal Seen Equal.”
The New York Times. 10/17/02.
Summary: For most of the 20th century, mastectomy, or removal of
the breast, was the surgery of choice for doctors treating women with
breast cancer. But new information offers powerful confirmation that
cutting out just the lumps can save as many lives as mastectomies -- a
finding that could change the way thousands of women are treated for the
disease.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Breast-Cancer.html
Study: Bernard Fisher et al. Twenty-Year Follow-up of a Randomized
Trial Comparing Total Mastectomy, Lumpectomy, and Lumpectomy plus
Irradiation for the Treatment of Invasive Breast Cancer.
Available from: The New England Journal of Medicine, http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/347/16/1233
Price: $10.00
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Article: The Associated Pree.
2002. “Panel Cites Risks Of Hormone Therapy U.S. Urges Against Long-Term
Use.” The Washington Post, A02. 10/16/02.
Summary: Women should not use estrogen and progestin supplements in
hopes of preventing bone loss or other chronic ailments. Long-term use of
the combination hormone therapy significantly increased women's risk of
breast cancer, heart attacks and strokes.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32301-2002Oct15.html
Study: Heidi D. Nelson et al. 2002. Postmenopausal Hormone
Replacement Therapy for Primary Prevention of Chronic Conditions.
Available from: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/hrt/hrtsum1.htm
Price: Free
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Poverty
and Income
Article: The
Associated Press. 2002. “Number of Uninsured Up, Census Says.” The New
York Times. 9/30/02.
Summary: The recession increased unemployment and forced many
businesses to scale back benefits, resulting in an additional 1.4 million
people without health insurance last year.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Uninsured.html
Study: Census Bureau. 2002. Health Insurance Coverage: 2001.
Available from: Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthin01.html
Price: Free
Keyword: Health Insurance, Unemployment
Article: Richard
Morin. 2002. “Less Wealth, More Health?” The Washington Post; B05.
9/29/02.
Summary: Not only does more money fail to promote health among the
elderly, it may indirectly shorten their lives.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13978-2002Sep27.html
Study: Stephen E. Snyder and William N. Evans. 2002. The Impact of
Income on Mortality: Evidence from the Social Security Notch.
Available from: National Bureau of Economic Research, http://papers.nber.org/papers/W9197
Price: $5.00
Keyword: Elderly Care, Health
Care
Article:
Dow Jones Newswires. 2002. “EU Private Sector Pays Women 20% Less Than
Men – Eurostat.” The Wall Street Journal. 10/8/02.
Summary: Women working in the European Union's private sector are
paid 20% less than men.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021008_003508-search,00.html
Study: Eurostat. 2002. The Life of Women and Men in Europe- a
statistical portrait.
Available from: Eurostat, http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-catalogue/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=KS-43-02-680-__-C-EN
Price: 30.00 EUR
Keyword: Workforce
Demographics, International
Comparisons
Article:
Washington Post Staff Writer. 2002. “Unemployment Down To 5.6% Last
Month But Payroll Figures Indicate Fewer Jobs.” The Washington Post;
E01. 10/5/02.
Summary: The nation's jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 5.6 percent
in September, capping a five-month period during which the ranks of the
unemployed shrank by half a million and the rate fell from a
recession-driven 6 percent peak.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45290-2002Oct4.html
Study: US Department of Labor. 2002. Employment Situation.
Available from: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.toc.htm
Price: Free
Keyword: Unemployment,
Job Security
Article: Dow Jones Newswires.
2002. “Costs for Health Benefits Will Rise Again Next Year.” The Wall
Street Journal. 10/14/02.
Summary: The cost of health-benefit plans at big companies will
rise on average more than 15% next year.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1034613479587520476,00.html
Study: Hewitt Associates. 2002. Health
Care Expectations: Future Strategy and Direction 2002.
Available from: Hewitt Associates, http://was.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/rptspubs/subrptspubs/survey_index.htm
Price: Free
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Article: Rebecca Christie.
2002. “US Parents Bear Burden Of Rising Higher Ed Costs – Study.”
The Wall Street Journal. 10/17/02.
Summary: Parents are supporting more than two-thirds of full-time
college, graduate school and vocational students under 25.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021017_011740-search,00.html
Study: The Census Bureau. 2002. Financing the Future Postsecondary Students, Costs and
Financial Aid: 1996-97.
Available from: The Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-136.html
Price: Free
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Of
Interest
Article: Robert
Pear. 2002. “Bush Makes Fetuses Eligible for Health Care Benefits.”
The New York Times. 9/28/02.
Summary: The Bush administration issued final rules allowing states
to define a fetus as a child eligible for government-subsidized health
care under the Children's Health Insurance Program.
However, critics said the change was a backdoor effort to advance
the administration's anti-abortion agenda and to establish a legal
precedent for recognizing the fetus as a person.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/28/politics/28CHIL.html
Keyword: Health Insurance,
Abortion Issues
Article: Harold
Pollack and Peter Reuter. 2002. “Myths About Drugs and Welfare.” The
Washington Post; A21. 10/1/02.
Summary: An overstated
account by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA)
reinforces false stereotypes about who is on welfare and makes it harder
to address problems of drug abuse and psychiatric disorders among women
who receive public aid.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25099-2002Sep30.html
Keyword: Welfare, Drug
Use
Article: Leslie Kaufman.
2002. “From Welfare to Work, and Then, to What?” The
New York Times. 10/6/02
Summary: Few disappearing acts have been as astonishing as the
evaporation of hundreds of thousands of people from New York City's
welfare rolls. Supporters of the Giuliani administration's welfare-to-work
policy say that most have jobs or are being supported by someone else.
Advocates for the poor argue that while many got jobs in the economic boom
of the late 1990's, half were pushed off the rolls by stringent policies
and are now just scraping by with low-wage jobs or none at all.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/nyregion/06WELF.html
Keyword: Welfare, Federal
Expenditures
Article: The Associated Press. 2002. “Court Turns Away Deadbeat
Dad Case.” The New York Times. 10/7/02.
Summary: A father of nine ordered to have no more children unless
he could support those already born lost a Supreme Court appeal Monday.
The justices did not comment in turning away an appeal from David Oakley,
who argued that it is unconstitutional for the government to limit his
right to have children.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Scotus-Fathers-Rights.html
Keyword: Children, Parenting
Article: Antonio Regalado.
2002. “Could a Skin Cell Someday Replace a Sperm or an Egg?” The Wall
Street Journal. 10/17/02.
Summary: Several research groups at a medical meeting here have
reported progress with a high-tech laboratory procedure in which an adult
skin cell is substituted for a sperm or an egg. Scientists would use the
cell's DNA to fertilize the egg as a sperm would, or to replace the
nucleus of a donor egg so that it could be fertilized. Fertility doctors
say that if the process works, it could help older women whose eggs are no
longer viable, as well as younger men who have undergone cancer treatments
and no longer have intact sperm.
Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1034806655660050588-search,00.html
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Article:
Robert Pear. 2002. “Particulars Slow Compromise on Extension of Welfare
Law.” The New York Times. 10/15/02.
Summary: Facing an impasse on welfare, Congress is weighing
a three-year extension of the existing program, with tougher work
requirements and more money for child care.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/15/politics/15WELF.html
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