Information needs of communities: The changing media landscape in a broadband age
2011 FCC report on the changing information environment in the 21st century and the challenges for both the press and democracy.
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United Nations IPCC Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change
U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report presenting the latest consensus science on temperature rise, its causes and future implications
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Women in the federal government: Ambitions and achievements
2011 report by the U.S. government on progress of women in federal hiring and attainment of higher-level positions.
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Bribes, lobbying and development
2011 study in the American Political Science Review on how cycles of bribery can trap developing countries in corruption.
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Cognitive control in media multitaskers
2009 study by Stanford University in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on mental effects of consumption of several media streams at once.
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Comparative perspective on poverty reduction in Brazil, China and India
2011 report by the World Bank on how three of the fastest-growing economies in the developing world are approaching poverty reduction.
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Debt and debt ceiling issues: Research roundup
Range of reports, studies and working papers on the implications of the United States’ carrying a large public debt.
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Maternity leave and children’s cognitive and behavioral development
2011 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the link between child development outcomes and the length of a mother’s maternity leave.
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Making the news: Movement organizations, media attention and the public agenda
2010 study in American Sociological Review on characteristics of social advocacy organizations and their level of media attention.
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School-based early childhood education and age-28 well-being
2011 report by the University of Minnesota and University of Missouri on long-term outcomes for participants in early child-parent education programs.
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