CCF Briefing
- U.S. Births Fall to Lowest Level Since 1980s
- Religiously unaffiliated voters are leading U.S. politics into uncharted waters
- The New Long-Distance Relationship
- Why the Government Pays Billions to People Who Claim Injury by Vaccines
- Work in America Is Greedy. But It Doesn’t Have to Be.
- George Kelling, a Father of ‘Broken Windows’ Policing, Is Dead at 83
- Abortion Opponents Think They’re Winning. Have They Set Themselves Up to Fail?
- The Nuclear Weapons Sisterhood
- ‘The Time Is Now’: States Are Rushing to Restrict Abortion, or to Protect It
- Attention Young People: This Narcissism Study Is All About You
- What Can We Learn from Publicly Available Data on College Students’ Income Distribution?
- Supreme Court Could Change Abortion Rights Without the Alabama Law
- Why Not Let Children Choose Their Own Names?
- The Racial Wealth Gap in Readers’ Eyes
- California Law Says He Isn’t a Murderer. Prosecutors Disagree.
- Why Working Till Whenever Is a Risky Retirement Strategy
- Money Over Shakespeare: Study Shows How Childhood Socioeconomic Status Determines Wealth in Adulthood
- SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships
- How Much Alcohol Can You Drink Safely?
- Republicans’ Extreme Messaging on Abortion Puts Democrats on the Defensive
- A Daunting Operation Offers Relief to Obese Teenagers
- We Turned Our Kids Into Commuters, and They Are Not Happy About It.
- Listening to Black Women and Girls: Lived Experiences of Adultification Bias
- The affordable housing crisis, explained
- Here’s what the military can do to address its sexual assault crisis
- On the Front Lines of the War on Women
- Of Age and Pleasure
- As Suicides Rise, Insurers Find Ways to Deny Mental Health Coverage
- Housing in San Francisco Is So Expensive Some People Live on Boats
- How a sex scandal led to the nation’s first abortion law 200 years ago
- How the War on Drugs Kept Black Men Out of College
- Here’s to the Women of Gen X
- U.S. Birthrate Drops 4th Year in a Row, Possibly Echoing the Great Recession
- Caught in the Middle of #MeToo: Unions That Represent Accusers and Accused
- The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda
- The Democrats’ Age Divide Is Defining the 2020 Primary
- The Reasoning Behind the SAT’s New ‘Disadvantage’ Score
- The SAT’s Bogus ‘Adversity Score’
- A Waste of 1,000 Research Papers
- 10 habits that change boys into men
- U.S. Births Fall to Lowest Level Since 1980s
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-births-fall-to-lowest-rates-since-1980s-11557892860
Number of babies born has declined in 10 of the last 11 years as fertility rate slumps
Also see:
https://www.axios.com/fertility-rate-births-us-baby-bust-03c85100-806e-4e66-9daa-f3fd69072dce.html
- Religiously unaffiliated voters are leading U.S. politics into uncharted waters
A growing number of Democrats — and Republicans — have decided not to associate with a specific church or traditional faith. As of 2017, religiously unaffiliated voters made up a third of all Democrats and 13 percent of all Republicans.
- The New Long-Distance Relationship
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/05/long-distance-relationships/589144/
The same technological and economic developments that are pulling couples apart are also making geographic separation less stressful and more enjoyable.
- Why the Government Pays Billions to People Who Claim Injury by Vaccines
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/vaccine-safety-program/589354/
A little-known deal protects drug companies in the U.S. from being sued—and feeds conspiracy theories in the process.
- Work in America Is Greedy. But It Doesn’t Have to Be.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/upshot/employers-flexible-work-america.html
Long, inflexible hours are the norm. But in a tight job market, more companies are offering flexibility on the when and where of work.
- George Kelling, a Father of ‘Broken Windows’ Policing, Is Dead at 83
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/obituaries/george-kelling-dead.html
His seminal 1982 article, with James Q. Wilson, revolutionized law enforcement. It was also misinterpreted and led to “zero tolerance” strategies.
- Abortion Opponents Think They’re Winning. Have They Set Themselves Up to Fail?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/opinion/alabama-abortion-supreme-court.html
Alabama, Georgia and the fetal personhood trap.
- The Nuclear Weapons Sisterhood
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/opinion/women-national-security.html
It’s hard for women to be hired, promoted or taken seriously in the national security establishment.
- ‘The Time Is Now’: States Are Rushing to Restrict Abortion, or to Protect It
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/us/state-abortion-laws.html
States across the country are passing some of the most restrictive abortion laws in decades, setting up momentous court battles, while others seek to preserve access.
- Attention Young People: This Narcissism Study Is All About You
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/science/narcissism-teenagers.html
New research found that those aged 18 to 25 believe theirs is the most narcissistic and entitled living generation. But that doesn’t make it true.
- What Can We Learn from Publicly Available Data on College Students’ Income Distribution?
https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/data-on-college-students-income-distribution/
The findings belie the commonly held belief that students receiving Pell grants are exclusively low-income, and not middle-income.
- Supreme Court Could Change Abortion Rights Without the Alabama Law
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/us/politics/supreme-court-abortion.html
The court’s conservative majority may prefer to chip away at abortion rights rather than overrule Roe outright.
- Why Not Let Children Choose Their Own Names?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/style/children-pick-their-own-names.html
They’re going to anyway online, you know.
- The Racial Wealth Gap in Readers’ Eyes
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/opinion/the-racial-wealth-gap-in-readers-eyes.html
Responses to readers’ questions.
- California Law Says He Isn’t a Murderer. Prosecutors Disagree.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/us/california-felony-murder.html
When lawmakers said accomplices are not as culpable for a death as the actual killer, Neko Wilson was the first person released. Now he may go back to jail.
- Why Working Till Whenever Is a Risky Retirement Strategy
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/business/retirement-layoff-working-longer.html
You’re saving for the day when you’re no longer a full-time worker, but there’s a strong chance that day could come earlier than you expect.
- Money Over Shakespeare: Study Shows How Childhood Socioeconomic Status Determines Wealth in Adulthood
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2019/05/ts_about_money_its_not_about_s.html
Affluent children with low test scores have a 71 percent chance of becoming affluent adults at age 25, while poor children with high test scores only have a 31 percent of chance of becoming wealthy in adulthood.
- SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/us/sat-adversity-score.html
The College Board is adding a measure of students’ socioeconomic background, including factors like the crime and poverty levels where they live, to help colleges put test scores in context.
- How Much Alcohol Can You Drink Safely?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/magazine/how-much-alcohol-can-you-drink-safe-health.html
That depends on how you do the research — and then on how you read the results. Here’s what studies show.
- Republicans’ Extreme Messaging on Abortion Puts Democrats on the Defensive
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/us/politics/republicans-abortion-2020-.html
The unusually forceful campaign has created challenges that Democrats did not expect as they struggle to combat misinformation and thwart further efforts to undercut access to abortion.
- A Daunting Operation Offers Relief to Obese Teenagers
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/health/bariatric-surgery-teenagers.html
Gastric bypass surgery works as well in adolescents as it does in adults, researchers report. But the procedure requires a major commitment.
- We Turned Our Kids Into Commuters, and They Are Not Happy About It.
https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/05/high-school-commute-drive-sleep-exercise-children-teens/588850
Children who endure long school commutes get significantly less sleep and exercise.
- Listening to Black Women and Girls: Lived Experiences of Adultification Bias
This bias is a stereotype in which adults view Black girls as less innocent and more adult-like than their white peers.
- The affordable housing crisis, explained
https://www.curbed.com/2019/5/15/18617763/affordable-housing-policy-rent-real-estate-apartment
Blame policy, demographics, and market forces
- Here’s what the military can do to address its sexual assault crisis
Defense Department leaders have an obligation to excise harassing and retaliatory behavior from military culture.
- On the Front Lines of the War on Women
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/opinion/alabama-abortion-women.html
In Alabama, the supermajority always wins.
- Of Age and Pleasure
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/well/of-age-and-pleasure.html
What can be done to help a woman who is having less-satisfying sexual experiences as she ages?
- As Suicides Rise, Insurers Find Ways to Deny Mental Health Coverage
Red tape and a lack of in-network providers frustrate those seeking treatment.
- Housing in San Francisco Is So Expensive Some People Live on Boats
Move onto water is latest sign of affordable-housing crisis
- How a sex scandal led to the nation’s first abortion law 200 years ago
- How the War on Drugs Kept Black Men Out of College
A new study finds that federal drug policy didn’t just send more black men to jail—it also locked them out of higher education.
- Here’s to the Women of Gen X
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/us/gen-x-women.html
An ode to a generation whose cultural moment wasn’t so fleeting after all.
- U.S. Birthrate Drops 4th Year in a Row, Possibly Echoing the Great Recession
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/us/us-birthrate-decrease.html
The birthrate hit a 32-year low and the fertility rate reached a record low in 2018, bringing the United States more in line with other wealthy countries.
- Caught in the Middle of #MeToo: Unions That Represent Accusers and Accused
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/arts/metoo-unions-ballet-ramasar.html
From the shop floors of factories to ballet’s grandest stages, unions are rethinking how they balance their responsibilities in sexual harassment cases.
- The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda
Like the sleeper hit “Unplanned,” recent legislation in Georgia, Alabama, and Ohio strenuously avoids the complexities of pregnancy and childbirth.
- The Democrats’ Age Divide Is Defining the 2020 Primary
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/05/joe-biden-winning-big-older-voters/589555
Joe Biden’s edge with older voters is his greatest asset so far in the race.
- The Reasoning Behind the SAT’s New ‘Disadvantage’ Score
The CEO and vice president explain what they’re hoping to accomplish by factoring adversity into the standardized test.
Also see:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/us/sat-adversity-score-explained.html
- The SAT’s Bogus ‘Adversity Score’
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/opinion/sat-adversity-score.html
Are we really going to rank students on a one-to-100 pseudoscientific index of oppression?
- A Waste of 1,000 Research Papers
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/05/waste-1000-studies/589684
Decades of early research on the genetics of depression were built on nonexistent foundations. How did that happen?
- 10 habits that change boys into men
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/10-habits-that-change-boys-into-men
