Data Feed: State of the news media, voters attracted to pot measures, returns on a college education
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
5 facts about the news business today
The good news – and the bad news – about the news.
Kaiser poll: Many Americans were unaware of health care law deadline
While most Americans know that the ACA law includes fines for those who do not buy coverage, Kaiser found that just 39% of the uninsured were aware of the Monday deadline. About four-in-ten (43%) said they didn’t know the deadline (or refused to answer), 13% believed it was sometime after March and 5% were under the impression it had already passed.
After Hobby Lobby, a nonprofit legal challenge to the contraception requirement
Even though the two cases heard by the Supreme Court involve for-profit businesses, the rulings in Hobby Lobby and Conestoga on the contraceptive requirement could impact subsequent cases involving nonprofits like Little Sisters of the Poor.
Data Feed: Catholic voting, March consumer confidence, low-wage workers, geography of smoking
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
Data Feed: GOP picked to take Senate, mortgage tax breaks favor the rich, no pay for NCAA athletes
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
Census Bureau explores new Middle East/North Africa ethnic category
Organizations representing people of Middle Eastern and North African descent are asking the Census Bureau to add a new ethnic category for them on forms, and it is one of the changes the bureau is exploring.
5 questions about the Hobby Lobby case and contraceptive coverage
A Q & A about the two related cases that will be argued before the Supreme Court on Tuesday involving a challenge to regulations in the Affordable Care Act requiring many employers to include free coverage of contraceptive services in their employees’ health insurance plans.
Data Feed: City/country political divide, long-term unemployment, educational inequality
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
Chart of the Week: Do firefighters or musicians have richer parents?
How people's incomes and jobs as adults compare with the households they grew up in.
