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Why Becoming Parents Makes People Better Employees

Apr 27, 2016

Why Becoming Parents Makes People Better Employees

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Working moms are often viewed as frazzled and less committed to their jobs, but for many women motherhood can make them more ambitious.A funny thing happens if you search “working dad clipart” and...

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Words Unwired

Words Unwired (Published 2016)

A new generation of writers gives us the intimacy, the assurance of their solitude.

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Green-Eyed Verbs

Green-Eyed Verbs (Published 2016)

Writing out of a feeling of envy will produce an expression of envy, and envy’s voice is ugly, small.

Tom Gauld on saying 'I love you' – cartoon

Feb 20, 2016

Tom Gauld on saying 'I love you' – cartoon

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Should Governments Tax Soda, Sweets, and Junk Food?

Dec 15, 2015

Should governments tax junk food & soda? Watch live now: urbn.is/1ShWDy3 #LiveAtUrban

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Dec 7, 2015

All the books, Santa!

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Susan Popkin

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Oct 28, 2015

Let girls be girls: Growing up too soon in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty-my new report w

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Aug 6, 2015

#DC residents: Crime & public safety in your neighborhood, then & now urbn.is/dcsafety (via

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Aug 3, 2015

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Washington DC Statehood (HBO) youtu.be/4Z4j2CrJRn4 via

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Jun 26, 2015

There is a right to marriage equality!

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Apr 16, 2015

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Dropping out and clocking in

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What happens when young people drop out of school because they need to work?

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Mar 5, 2015

Report: Rates of many causes of death are rising among white working-age women urbn.is/1G1AD3W

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Jan 20, 2015

Interactive: Test possible scenarios for how the US population might change in 2020 & 2030 urbn.is/AmericasFutures #AmericasFutures

Departing Lawmakers Bemoan the Decline of Compromise (Published 2015)

Jan 2, 2015

remember that members of Congress are supposed to fix problems, not cause them

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As the 114th Congress prepares to convene on Tuesday, some senior members who will not be returning offered advice to Capitol Hill newcomers: Partisanship is easy, governing is hard.

Dec 24, 2014

Racial/ethnic differences in uninsurance rates under the ACA: Where you live matters blog.metrotrends.org/2014/12/racial

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Kent Haruf, Author Of Moving, Colorado-Set Novels, Dies At 71

Dec 5, 2014

Facebook Prince Purges The New Republic: Inside the Destruction of a 100-Year-Old Magazine thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/ via

loss of a beautiful mind in Kent Haruf,

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Novelist Kent Haruf chased writing in his youth, but it wasn't until he was 40 that he'd developed his skills enough to be published. He's best known for National Book Award finalist Plainsong.

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on DOE lending blog.metrotrends.org/2014/11/spin-a

Nov 14, 2014

With 45% mktshare, Hellmann's sues tiny competitor. #shareashelf with

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Nov 11, 2014

Thousands of low-income veterans remain uninsured because their states did not expand Medicaid urbn.is/14eshaJ

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Nov 5, 2014

Tomorrow is pie day in Farragut Square by

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! Be there! #sliceoflife 1 pie = 1 day of meals for those in need.

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New Urban -

research provides a first look at labor #trafficking in the US urbn.is/trafficking

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interactive: How #housing is evolving in #DC urbn.is/DC_Change3

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blog.metrotrends.org/2014/09/300-bi

Oct 1, 2014

$300 billion question answered by

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Marking the next step in Urban Institute’s evolution

Sep 29, 2014

Check out "Marking the next step in Urban Institute’s evolution" on Vimeo vimeo.com/107249397 #Vimeo #urbaninstitute #logo

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Evolution has always been a part of Urban Institute’s identity. Founded in 1968 to assess the War on Poverty and the crises facing America’s cities,…

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John Roman

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Sep 19, 2014

What does the Apple decision to make iPhones go dark mean for law enforcement? My take with

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interactive: Breaking down mortgages by race urbn.is/MortgageByRace #HMDA

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maps gunshots near #DC schools urbn.is/ShotsNearSchoo

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not an easy task, but a job well done wordandfilm.com/2014/08/in-con #film via

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Don't be a moron! #WordCrimes vevo.ly/yRwiKB

Jul 14, 2014

Unicorns aren't real?! Oh no!

@ThisAmerLife

'A Little Bit of Knowledge.' tal.fm/293

Shelving to Save a Book's Life

Jul 8, 2014

Shelving to Save a Book's Life

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So many worthy titles never get a chance to find an audience. What's a conscientious reader to do?The rules of shelving can seem arbitrary, even arcane, but the fundamentals are easy to learn: two...

what's in a "bro"?

The Tortured Rise of the All-American Bro

The misogynist portrait of modern American masculinity may be a historical accident. Here’s how to fix it.

May 20, 2014

Pennsylvania Gay Marriage Ban Overturned nyti.ms/1h5euFe

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May 14, 2014

there are still barriers to rape-kit access says

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May 8, 2014

Immigration discussion webcast here: urbn.is/1ieHAFM #LiveAtUrban

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Apr 23, 2014

“This above all: to thine own self be true" Hamlet - Happy bday to Shakespeare!

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