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A Democracy of Diversity

Maya Wiley | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Racism, Census Bureau, Obama, Race, Demographics, Birth Rate, Bv-Politics, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright, Black Voices News
Maya Wiley

Reading about the Reverend Wright attack ads, it's clear to me that we are all still fearful of confronting our own racial anxieties. They remind me just how far we've come as a country but also how much further we need to go.

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For The First Time, Minorities Surpass Whites In U.S. Births

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Census, Supreme Court, Population Reference Bureau, Video, Census Bureau, Minority Birth Rate, Mark Mather, Latino-Prosperity, Immigration, Roderick Harrison, Parents-Babies, Demographics, Ap, Minorities, Narcisa Marcelino, Latino Voices News

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady im...

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Michael McAuliff

Census Boss: House Bill 'Devastates' America's Data

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Census, Census Cuts, Census Bureau Director Robert Groves, Video, Census Bureau, House Budget Cuts, Daniel Webster, 112th Congress, American Community Survey, Robert Groves, American Community Survey Cut, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The head of the U.S. Census Bureau hammered the House of Representatives on Friday for passing a bill that he said "devastates" the nati...

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10 States With the Highest Credit Card Debt per Person

InvestingAnswers | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Federal Reserve, Census Bureau, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Building Credit, Credit Card Debts, Money News
InvestingAnswers

According to the Federal Reserve, Americans had more than $800 billion in outstanding credit card debt at the end of 2011. So how much credit card debt do most people really have?

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Many Americans Aren't Earning Enough To Keep Out Of Poverty

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Working Poor, Household Income, Census Bureau, Video, Poverty, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business News, Financial Crisis, Low Income, Bls, Poverty Rate, Business News

In this post-recession economy you may be able to get a job, but that doesn't necessarily protect you from falling into poverty. In 2010, the numb...

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U.S. States With The Most Oil

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Census Bureau, Oil Production, Gas Industry, U.S. Energy Information Administration, American Petroleum Institute, Oil, Oil Reserves, The Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: As gas prices reach record highs across many parts of the country, Americans have been blaming oil companies. But as much as they ...

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Cities That Pay Women The Least

24/7 Wall St. | Ashley C. Allen, Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Women's History Month, Equal Pay Act of 1963, Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Catalyst, Department of Labor, Equal Rights, The Institute for Women?S Policy Research, March, Wage Inequality, u.s. Census Bureau, International Women's Day, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: March is Women’s History Month, and March 8th is International Women’s Day. First observed in the U.S. on February 28, 1909, t...

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Counting Fathers as Babysitters: Why It Matters

Kristin Maschka | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Family Caregiving, Caregiving, Census Bureau, Mother, Childcare, Motherhood, Babysitting, Fatherhood, Mothers, Gender, Fathers, Parents News
Kristin Maschka

Today's parents have an uphill battle. We're struggling to share parenting and employment roles but the government tells us that when dad takes care of the kids it's a childcare arrangement, but when moms do it, it's just what moms do.

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Top 6 Reasons Obama's Economic Policies Failed in 2011

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Census Bureau, Small Business, Economy, Fortune 500, President Obama, Economic Policies, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, Obama, Campaign, Business, Kauffman Foundation, Contracts, Politics, Tax Cuts, Economic Stimulus, American Small Business League, Small Business America, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Judging by his actions, it seems that Barack Obama is becoming one of the most anti-small business presidents in U.S. history. People need to stop listening to what he says and start watching what he does.

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Mayor Gray: D.C. Is 'Fastest-Growing State' In U.S.

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Census Bureau, Video, Vincent Gray, D.C. Population, Unemployment, District of Columbia, Bureau of Labor Statistics, D.C. Jobs, Vince Gray, DC News

WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's office announced Wednesday that the nation's capital is the "fastest-growing state in the coun...

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America's Most And Least Charitable States

24/7 Wall St. | Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale, Ashley C. Allen | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Census Bureau, Charitable Gifts, Irs, Charity, Chartiable Giving, Internal Revenue Service, Urban Institute, Individual Charitable Contributions, The Giving Institute, Taxpayers, Convio, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: The holiday season is a time for giving to family and friends. It is also apparently a time to give to those in need. Nonprofits r...

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National Home Sales Figures To Be Lowered Dating Back To 2007: NAR

AP | By DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Federal Reserve, Census Bureau, Video, Home Sales Figures, National Home Sales, Total Home Sales, Private Trade Group, Business News

WASHINGTON -- National home sales figures will be lowered dating back to 2007 after the private trade group that collects them said the numbers were t...

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Is This The Year Of The Dad? (Or Just Another False Start?)

Lisa Belkin | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Census Bureau, Mancession, Dads, Stay-at-Home-Dads, Equality Between the Sexes, Fathers, Equality at Work, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

Do recent years mark a milestone in the evolution of fathers as care givers? It depends whether you prefer to see your glass as half empty, or half full.

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Housing Market Stuck Due To Lack Of First-Time Buyers

AP | By DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, Census Bureau, Video, Housing Market, Zillow.com, Unemployment Rate, Housing Boom, Home Prices, Wells Fargo, Mortgage Rates, Foreclosure, Homeowners, Student Loans, Housing Crisis, Housing Bubble, Business News

WASHINGTON -- This should be a great time to buy a first home. Prices have sunk to 2002 levels. Sellers are waiting anxiously as homes languish on the...

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Michael McAuliff

War On Information: Budget Cuts Eliminate Data On Job Creators

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Census Cuts, Budget Cuts Census, Job Creators, 2010 Census, Census, Video, Congress, Census Bureau, Business Owner Survey, Economic Census, 2020 Census, Census Budget Cuts, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As Congress focuses much of its attention on job creators and taxes, it's cutting funds to the agency that provides data on where job cr...

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Americans Moved At An All-Time Low Rate Last Year

Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Underwater Mortgages Jobs, American Moving Rates, Census Bureau, Video, Unemployment, Homeownership, Business News, Homeowners, Joblessness, Moving, Underwater Mortgages, Business News

Americans last year moved at the lowest rate in recorded history, according to a new report from the Census Bureau. Between 2010 and 2011, 11.6 per...

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Alternative Census Measure Indicates Poverty Higher Than Previously Thought

AP | By HOPE YEN | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Census Bureau, Video, Poverty, Third World America, US Poverty, Business News, Census Poverty, U.S. Poverty Rate, u.s. Poor, Poverty Rate, Supplemental Poverty Measure, Business News

WASHINGTON -- A record number of Americans – 49.1 million – are poor, based on a new census measure that for the first time takes into acc...

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New Poverty High: Revised Census Formula Shows 49.1 Million

AP | By HOPE YEN | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Census Bureau, Video, Poverty, Poverty Line, Kathleen Short, Income Tax Credit, Medicare, Health Care, Social Security Benefits, Poverty Rate, Impact News

By HOPE YEN, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The ranks of America's poor are greater than previously known, reaching a new level of 49.1 million - or ...

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The Best Cities To Live In Without A Car

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Car Travel, Groceries, Bicycling Magazine, Gas Prices, Census Bureau, Shopping, Walk Score, Walkability, Walk Cities, Public Transit, Brookings Institution, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: Several factors make a city easy to live in without a car. The most important one is a widely available and efficient public trans...

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Michael McAuliff

Past Census Chiefs Warn Cuts Will Leave Nation Flying Blind

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Census, US Economy, Census Economy, Video, Census Bureau, US Census Bureau, Economic Census, Business, US Economic Census, Census Budget Cuts, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Six of the last seven directors of the U.S. Census Bureau fear proposed cuts to the bureau's budget will blind the nation's financial ex...

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Americans Staying Put More Than At Any Time Since World War II

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Census Moving, Video, Census Bureau, Housing Bust, Sun Belt, Americans, Unemployment Rate, Housing Boom, Census Housing, World War II, Business News

By HOPE YEN, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Americans are staying put more than at any time since World War II, as the housing bust and unemployme...

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WATCH: The New Faces Of Poverty

Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Poverty Statistics, New Poverty Rate, Census Bureau Poverty, Faces of Poverty, Census Bureau, Poverty, Poverty Stats, Third World America, Video, Impact News

Fifteen percent of Americans live in poverty, the highest number in any industrialized nation in the world, the Associated Press reports. The stagger...

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America's Best Cities For Educated Workers

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale, Michael B. Sauter | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Job Market, Tech, Education, Census Bureau, Workers, Unemployment Rate, Employment, Jobs, Hiring, Brookings Institute, Computer, Qualification, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: The job market has remained relatively stagnant since 2009. To make matters worse, the educational requirements of the average U.S...

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Small Business Administration: the Most Important Agency in Washington Today

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Small Business Loans, Census Bureau, Congress, Cato Institute, Federal Loan, Jobs, Sba, Small Business Act, Small Business Administration, Jobs Plan, American Small Business League, Job Creation, Small Business America, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

It is time for anti-small business elements in Washington to be run out of town, and time for President Obama and Congress to develop a real jobs program based on the Small Business Act and the SBA.

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Sex Offender Sentenced For Lying To Get Census Job

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Noel Hillman, Frank-Kuni, U.S. Census, Census Bureau, Sex Offenders, Sex Offender Gets Census Job, New Jersey Crime, Crime News

CAMDEN, N.J. — A sex offender who managed to get a job with the U.S. Census Bureau until an astute New Jersey mom recognized him from an online ...

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