short reads | Aug 5, 2013
A study finds that female white-collar crooks face the same glass ceiling as their law-abiding peers in the corporate world: they typically hold inferior positions to men, rarely are in charge and make significantly less money for their dirty deeds than their male accomplices.
short reads | Aug 5, 2013
About three-quarters of Russians don’t think homosexuality should be accepted by society.
report | Aug 5, 2013
Social networking sites remain most popular among young adults, but other age groups continue to increase their engagement
short reads | Aug 2, 2013
Unemployment continues to be lower among whites than other groups, but job growth is slower compared with blacks and Hispanics -- one reason, perhaps, why whites are the most pessimistic about the economy.
short reads | Aug 2, 2013
Prison overcrowding is a problem for countries around the world, including the United States, where 30,000 California prison inmates initiated a hunger strike in July to protest solitary confinement policies at the state’s prisons. Now in its fourth week, nearly 500 inmates are still refusing meals. In May, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the state to reduce […]
short reads | Aug 2, 2013
Both parties currently are unpopular with the public, but as the GOP showed in 2010, a party with a low favorability rating can still score a sweeping victory in midterm elections.
short reads | Aug 2, 2013
A much smaller percentage of African Americans view the Supreme Court favorably after the end of the recent term than in March.
short reads | Aug 1, 2013
The favorability ratings of Rand Paul and Chris Christie vary among Republican voters when viewed through the filter of those who approve of the NSA's surveillance program and those who do not.