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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Religious intolerance on the rise worldwide, says US report | World news | theguardian.com

The conclusions of the project, conducted by the Pew Research Centre, an American thinktank,'s Forum on Religion and Public Life, were published on Thursday. The analysis, of 197 countries and territories, identifies a sharp rise in religious limits globally and a 6% increase in restrictions in the four years until 2010.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

One percent recovery: 95 percent of gains have gone to the top one percent.

http://mobile.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/09/10/one_percent_recovery_95_percent_of_gains_have_gone_to_the_top_one_percent.html

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BBC News - US income inequality at record high

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24039202

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Men With Smaller Testicles Are Better Fathers, Study Says | TIME.com

http://healthland.time.com/2013/09/09/study-choose-dads-with-smaller-nads/?iid=tsmodule

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Monday, September 2, 2013

THE FACE OF GLOBAL SEX 2012

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Students get financial aid at highest rate since WWII

Most of the increase in student aid is coming from federal sources. Last year, 57% of undergraduates received some form of federal aid, including grants, loans and work-study funds, up from 47% four years earlier. Over the same period, the percentage of undergraduates receiving state aid or help from their college remained relatively flat, at 15% and 21%, respectively.

Many Evangelicals Are Ambivalent About Homosexuality and Civil Unions for Gays, Study Shows

http://www.asanet.org/documents/press/pdfs/AM_2013_Bean_Martinez_News_Release.pdf

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Geoffrey R. Stone: Gays and Lesbians or Homosexuals?

A fascinating new CBS/New York Times poll reveals that attitudes about gays and lesbians serving in the military turn on how the question is asked. It turns out that 42% of Americans oppose allowing "homosexuals" to serve openly in the military, but only 28% oppose allowing "gay men and lesbians" to serve openly. Conversely, 58% of Americans favor allowing "gay men and lesbians" to serve openly in the military, but only 42% favor allowing "homosexuals" to serve openly. Apparently, some 15% of Americans don't know that "gay men and lesbians" are "homosexuals."

Video games do not make vulnerable teens more violent

“We found no evidence that violent video games increase bullying or delinquent behavior among vulnerable youth with clinically elevated mental health symptoms,” Ferguson stressed. Regarding concerns about some young mass homicide perpetrators having played violent video games, Ferguson stated, “Statistically speaking it would actually be more unusual if a youth delinquent or shooter did not play violent video games, given that the majority of youth and young men play such games at least occasionally.”

Video games do not make vulnerable teens more violent

“We found no evidence that violent video games increase bullying or delinquent behavior among vulnerable youth with clinically elevated mental health symptoms,” Ferguson stressed. Regarding concerns about some young mass homicide perpetrators having played violent video games, Ferguson stated, “Statistically speaking it would actually be more unusual if a youth delinquent or shooter did not play violent video games, given that the majority of youth and young men play such games at least occasionally.”