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Economics, Politics & Government

After unipolarity: China’s visions of international order in an era of U.S. decline

by Rozanne Larsen | October 5, 2011

2011 report from the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School on China’s rise to power and its implications.

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Politics & Government, Race & Gender

Obama, racial prejudice, and the 2008 presidential vote

by John Wihbey | October 4, 2011

2011 study in PS: Political Science & Politics on the effect of racial attitudes on the final vote tall for Barack Obama in 2008.

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Insights from happiness studies from around the world

by Leighton Walter Kille | October 4, 2011

2011 study from the World Bank on the ability of individuals from more than 120 countries to adapt to their economic, political and social situations.

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Economics, Health

2011 Medicare Trustees Report

by John Wihbey | October 4, 2011

2011 U.S. government report on the state of Medicare funding and the program’s future solvency, including information on its expenditure growth relative to GDP over time

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Economics, Education, Race & Gender

Black gender gap in education: Historical trends and racial comparisons

by Katie Gleason | October 4, 2011

2011 study in the journal Demography examining the higher education completion rates for black men and women between 1940 and 2000.

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Politics & Government

State of campaign finance policy: Recent developments and issues for Congress

by John Wihbey | October 3, 2011

2011 Congressional Research Service report on the campaign finance landscape that is evolving in American politics.

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Politics & Government

Perceptions of politicization and public preferences toward the Supreme Court

by Christopher Olver | October 3, 2011

2011 study from George Washington University and Duke University in Public Opinion Quarterly on public opinion, partisanship and Supreme Court nominees.

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Assessing the impact of the Great Recession on income and poverty across states

by Margaret Weigel | September 30, 2011

2011 fact sheet published by Congress’s Joint Economic Committee on the recession’s impact at the state level.

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Education

Trends in college spending in the United States, 1999-2009

by Leighton Walter Kille | September 29, 2011

2011 report by the Delta Cost Project on enrollment levels, funding and staffing by universities and colleges over the past decade.

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Politics & Government, Race & Gender

ID at the polls: Assessing the impact of recent state voter ID laws on voter turnout

by Christopher Olver | September 28, 2011

2011 paper in the Harvard Law and Policy Review compares changes in voter turnout between 2002 and 2006.

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