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Mar 31 2024
News
What Happened When This Italian Province Invested in Babies
You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. Stefano Baldo shopping at the local supermarket with his sons Ruben and Gioele in Bolzano, Italy, this month. Large families have increasingly become uncommon in Italy, which has one of the lowest birthrates in Europe. The area around Bolzano has a thick network of family support provided by the government. That means a
New York Times (News)Mar 29 2024
News
Gaskin: Recognizing humanity in ‘new’ identities
I was completing a survey one day, and when I reached the end, it asked for demographic data. Instead of a choice between “Male” and “Female,” there were eight options. I had never heard of these terms before, starting with “Cis male.” I wondered when we’d gone from two choices to eight and who came up with these terms. The first time someone asked my pronouns, I wanted to respond, “What and
Boston HeraldApr 15 2024
Perspectives Blog
When the Abortion Debate Reshapes the Election
From the CenterThere are swing voters, and then there are swing voters. But there are two voter groups in particular — both situated close to the center of the political spectrum — who are especially influential in the outcome of American presidential campaigns. As a direct result of the increasingly heated debate over reproductive rights, both may be shifting in Joe Biden’s direction.
Dan SchnurMar 29 2024
News
Massachusetts teachers unions face leadership changes
Her ascension to the top post also would represent a demographic shift for AFT leadership. Tang, who is Chinese-American and openly queer, would be the first person of color to lead AFT-MA, a groundbreaking accomplishment similar to one she made when elected BTU president . Tang, who has launched a campaign website , is the only declared candidate for president so far. If she is elected in May
The Boston GlobeMar 29 2024
News
Strengthened rural care tied to new medical school in St. Cloud - MinnPost
More than 50 years ago, the University of Minnesota Medical School opened a branch on the university’s Duluth campus as a way to promote rural medicine and get more physicians into small towns. These days, nearly half of the Duluth branch’s graduates practice in towns with populations of fewer than 20,000, but that hasn’t been enough as the state’s demographic changes and population shifts
MinnPostMar 28 2024
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A millennial sued over Nats’ ‘Young Professionals’ discount. It vanished.
Nick Snyder, born in 1983, is what demographers would call “an elder millennial.” But when he turned 40 last year, he no longer qualified for a “Millennial” discount at D.C.'s Nationals Park. Now, on Opening Day of the 2024 season, Snyder is suing the Washington baseball team in D.C. local court for age discrimination. He and a 58-year-old fellow fan say discounts on tickets, concessions and
Washington PostMar 26 2024
News
California shows gains in minority lawyers, but numbers lag far behind general population
Women made up 56% of newly admitted lawyers last year, while minority attorneys were 55%, the report found. That’s up from 53% and 50% in 2019, when the state bar began issuing an annual demographics report. Despite the increases, California’s lawyer population remains nearly two-thirds white — much higher than the 38% of the state’s adult population that is white, the report found. Minorities
ReutersDec 29 2019
News
U.S. has changed in key ways in the past decade, from tech use to demographics
The past decade in the United States has seen technological advancements, demographic shifts and major changes in public opinion. Pew Research Center has tracked these developments through surveys, demographic analyses and other research. As the 2010s draw to a close, here are key ways the country looks different from 10 years ago:
From smartphones to social media, tech use has become
Pew Research CenterApr 27 2014
Opinion
The GOP has a demographic problem, and it looks like it could get even worse
And its going to get worse unless they find a way to improve their numbers among some groups.
Washington PostMar 26 2024
News
Making college mergers easier in New York
A proposed amendment to higher education policy in New York is designed to create a wider market for college mergers and prevent future closures like that of the College of Saint Rose, announced in December. New York is poised to make it easier for its private nonprofit colleges to merge with institutions in other states. Some higher ed experts describe the proposal as a no-brainer at a time
Inside Higher Ed