Young Children, Young Parents, Single-Mother Families Disproportionately Hit by Weak Economy Washington, D.C. – The younger the parent and the younger the child, the more likely a family is to be poor, according to a new Child Trends report, Two Generations in Poverty: Status and Trends among Parents and Children in the United States, commissioned […]
The calendar year is quickly winding down, the leaves have turned and a chill is in the air. Now is the time to turn your attention to getting your home prepared to keep you warm this winter, says Temple University mechanical engineering professor Steven M. Ridenour.
ITHACA, NEW YORK-“The non-surprising failure of the Super Committee to reach an agreement has more to do with Congressional incentives than differences in beliefs about protecting constituents or ideology. It’s like trying to get the slow-moving tortoise to finish the race without a carrot to entice him, or a stick to scare him.
SAINT LOUIS-The Occupy protests present a classic First Amendment problem: balancing political dissent against government control of property. “In theory, the government has very limited authority to curb expressive activity in what the law calls ‘public forums,’†says Gregory P. Magarian, JD, constitutional law expert and professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of […]