Between 2000 and 2015, the population of U.S. citizen minors living in Mexico more than doubled. Who are the kids living on the other side of the border?
The Wheelabrator Waste to Energy Plant in Saugus, Massachusetts, has been burning trash to generate electricity since 1975.
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Every year the US burns more than 34 million tons of garbage in incinerators. These plants are major pollution sources, and most are clustered in disadvantaged communities.
The U.S.-Mexico border, between San Diego and Calexico, California.
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As part of a new ‘metering’ policy, US officials are turning asylum seekers away at ports of entry along the southern border. Thousands wait, straining the resources of Mexican border towns.
Less than one percent of state and local drug arrests involve amounts over a kilogram.
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The number of births in the US is down 2% – to what the CDC calls ‘the lowest number of births in 32 years.’ This drop brings the US more in line with its peers.
Where will Americans want to go in 2020?
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Americans’ votes in 2020 will likely be a statement on what they think of Trump – rather than a measured choice between him and the Democratic candidate.
In a survey, 81% of women and 43% of men said that they had experienced sexual harassment or assault at least once.
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White men have historically and disproportionately held official, managerial and professional occupations. But women and people of color are slowly gaining.
Hispanic voters are not a monolith.
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Hispanics oppose Trump’s immigration policies in larger numbers than the rest of the population. But their opinions are divided sharply across partisan lines.
Living longer and loving it.
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Warren Sanderson, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York) e Sergei Scherbov, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
People who are 65 and up can expect to live longer than ever before. Does it make sense to keep classifying everyone in this group as old? A pair of demographers argue for ‘age inflation.’
Many American mothers say part-time work would be ideal.
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For many working women, motherhood is a major interruption to their career. Some eventually work their way back up to full-time work, but there are many other paths that women might follow.
Project Oceanology class retrieves a bottom trawl at the mouth of the Thames River.
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For decades, New England students took field trips out into the Long Island Sound. Their data show how quickly the sound is warming, leading to fewer American lobster, rock crab and winter flounder.
Miami Marlins fans have little to look forward to this season.
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When it comes to innovation, Santa Clara County is way ahead of the rest of the US. Between 2000 and 2015, more than 140,000 patents were granted there – triple the number of the next-ranked county.
Skilled craft jobs like plumbing and carpentry pay better than most blue-collar jobs.
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President Trump says that the white working class is being pushed out of the job market. But that doesn’t seem to be true for the best-paying blue-collar jobs.
Millennials carry more student loan debt than previous generations.
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Vice President Research University of Michigan, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Behavior Health Education. Principle Investigator of the Firearm Saftey Among Children and Teens Consortium, University of Michigan