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New data: 40 percent in US lack home broadband

(AP) -- Roughly 40 percent of Americans do not have high-speed Internet access at home, according to new Commerce Department figures that underscore the challenges facing policymakers who are trying to bring affordable broadband ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Do Americans have an identity crisis when it comes to race and ethnicity?

Say goodbye to Italian-Americans and German-Americans and say hello to Vietnamese-Americans, Salvadoran-Americans and a bunch of other hyphenated Americans.

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created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Racial identity is changing among Latinos

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper published in Social Science Research, USC Dornsife’s Amon Emeka and Jody Agius Vallejo look at why many people with Latin American ancestry are not identifying themselves as His ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Minorities pay more for water and sewer

Racial minorities pay systemically more for basic water and sewer services than white people, according to a study by Michigan State University researchers.

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created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Higher minimum legal drinking ages linked to lower rates of suicides and homicides later in life

Prior to the 1984 passage of a uniform drinking-age limit of 21 years in the U.S., many states permitted the legal purchase of alcohol at age 18. These lower drinking ages have been associated with several adverse outcomes ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

You're not so anonymous: Medical data sold to analytics firms might be used to track identities

When you visit a pharmacy to pick up antidepressants, cholesterol medication, or birth control pills, you might expect a certain measure of privacy. In reality, prescription information is routinely sold to ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Divorce is Costly for Women

From supermarket tabloids to the New York Times, the financial costs of divorcing are widely publicized with every celebrity split-up. Now a scholarly study has documented divorce’s significant impact on women’s ...

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created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Child abuse rose during recession, research says

(AP) -- An increase in child abuse, mostly in infants, is linked with the recent recession in new research that raises fresh concerns about the impact of the nation's economic woes.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Liquor store density linked to youth homicides

Violent crime could be reduced significantly if policymakers at the local level limit the number of neighborhood liquor stores and ban the sale of single-serve containers of alcoholic beverages, according to separate studies ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unions continue to take a beating in post-recession climate, study shows

The Great Recession and ensuing job crisis continue to take a toll on union membership, according to UCLA's annual report on organized labor.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 11

Study shows suburban schools have worked to 'hoard' advantages

As suburban school districts have gained advantages over their urban counterparts, they have tenaciously clung to them, often at the expense of urban districts, a new study by University of Kansas researchers shows.

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created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Medicare should employ new data sources, methods to ensure accuracy of geographic adjustments to payments

Geographic adjustments to Medicare payments are intended to accurately and equitably cover regional variations in wages, rents, and other costs incurred by hospitals and individual health care practitioners, but almost 40 ...

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created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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