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Veronique Deschamps
Centre de Ressources et d'Information
Ambassade des Etats-Unis
deschampsvm@state.gov
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samedi 31 juillet 2010
vendredi 8 février 2008
SOCIETE AMERICAINE
SPECIAL REPORT ON MEDICAID: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN CARE AND COST
The Pew Center on the States, January 2, 2008
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/Medicaid%20Special%20Report(1).pdf
This report examines the challenges facing state Medicaid programs and the balance to be struck between care and cost considerations.
MEASURING UP 2006
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, December 28, 2007
http://measuringup.highereducation.org/
Measuring Up 2006 is the fourth national report card on higher education in the United States. As in earlier editions, the 2006 report card evaluates the progress of the nation and all 50 states in providing Americans with education and training from high school through the baccalaureate degree.
FOUNDATION GIVING TRENDS: PREVIEW
Foundation Center, December 2007
http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/pdf/fgt_preview_2008.pdf
This preview highlights key patterns of giving during 2006 by subject area, type of support, population group, geographic focus, and foundation type. The report illustrates that health issues passed education as the top priority of private and community foundations primarily due to large grants received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. A full analysis of grants will be published in February 2008.
VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES, 2007
Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 23, 2007
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/volun.pdf
About 60.8 million people volunteered through or for an organization at least once between September 2006 and September 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The proportion of the population who volunteered was 26.2 percent. This 0.5 percentage point decrease in the volunteer rate follows a decline of 2.1 percentage points in the prior year. The volunteer rate had held constant at 28.8 percent from 2003 through 2005, after rising slightly from its 2002 level of 27.4 percent.
RELIGION AND SECULARISM: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, December 3, 2007
http://pewforum.org/events/?EventID=161
Given the recent popularity of several high-profile books on atheism, the Pew Forum invited Wilfred McClay, a distinguished professor of intellectual history, to speak on the historical relationship between religion and secularism in America. McClay argued for a distinction between two types of secularism.
U.S. RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 2008
http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report-religious-landscape-study-full.pdf
An extensive new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life details the religious affiliation of the American public and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S. religious landscape. Based on interviews with more than 35,000 Americans age 18 and older, the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey finds that religious affiliation in the U.S. is both very diverse and extremely fluid.
The Landscape Survey confirms that the United States is on the verge of becoming a minority Protestant country; the number of Americans who report that they are members of Protestant denominations now stands at barely 51%.
vendredi 13 avril 2007
US SOCIETY 2007
Source: PUBLIC AFFAIRS - American Embassy
Sylvie VACHERET
Tel: 01 43 12 48 97
E Mail: vacheretsr@state.gov
ECONOMICS AND POVERTY
Economic and Societal Costs of Poverty
House Committee on Ways and Means – Hearing - January 24, 2007
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=508
“There are 37 million Americans living in poverty, an increase of over 5 million since the year 2000 (after prior years of steady decline)… Poor Americans suffer various hardships, including reduced access to economic and educational opportunities, substandard housing, inadequate diet, greater levels of crime victimization, and diminished health. Less recognized, however, are the costs poverty exacts on society as a whole. Nevertheless, studies indicate that poverty reduces our nation’s economic growth and directly increases crime, health and other expenses absorbed by all Americans. The Committee’s hearing will examine the nature and extent of these costs.”
Economic Opportunity and Poverty in America
House Committee on Ways and Means – Hearing - February 13, 2007
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=524
In announcing the hearing, Chairman McDermott stated, “We need to work to ensure the American dream can become a reality. Today, too many of our fellow citizens see that dream slipping away. Those in poverty feel trapped and the countless millions living paycheck to paycheck feel they could slip into poverty at any time. I hope this hearing and others to follow will illustrate the need for change.” The hearing will focus on the extent and nature of economic opportunity and poverty in America.
Poverty: Rewarding Work, Supporting Families
The Brookings Institute – Position Paper and Fact Sheet – March 2007
http://www.opportunity08.org/Issues/OurSociety/31/r1/Default.aspx
“The nation’s poverty rate is higher now than it was in the 1970s, but no President since Lyndon Johnson has made fighting poverty a major administration goal. The time has come for a reinvigorated fight against inequality and despair. Brookings scholars Isabel Sawhill and Ron Haskins offer a plan that focuses on supporting education, work, and marriage.”
_________________________________________________________________
AGING
The Aging Workforce: What does it Mean for Businesses and the Economy?
Senate – Special Committee on Aging – Hearing - February 28, 2007
http://aging.senate.gov/hearing_detail.cfm?id=270004&
“Today, people over the age of 65 make up about 12 percent of the population, but they will make up almost 20 percent in the next 25 years. That means one out of every five Americans will be a senior by the year 2030. Experts are talking about what this demographic wave will mean for Social Security, Medicare, and long-term care. But as we will hear today, we must address another piece of the puzzle: how the retirement of the Baby Boomers will impact the strength of our nation’s businesses and economy.”
Why Population Aging Matters: A Global Perspective
Department of State and the Department of Health and Human Services - National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health – Report - March 13, 2007 – 32 pages
http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/or/81537.htm
“Despite the weight of scientific evidence, the significance of population aging and its global implications have yet to be fully appreciated. There is a need to raise awareness about not only global aging issues but also the importance of rigorous cross-national scientific research and policy dialogue that will help us address the challenges and opportunities of an aging world. Preparing financially for longer lives and finding ways to reduce aging-related disability should become national and global priorities. Experience shows that for nations, as for individuals, it is critical to address problems sooner rather than later. Waiting significantly increases the costs and difficulties of addressing these challenges. This report paints a compelling picture of the impact of population aging on nations.”
John R. Gist
Population Aging, Entitlement Growth, and the Economy
AARP Public Policy Institute, AARP. Report - January 2007 – 64 pages
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2007_01_security.pdf
Demographic aging is changing the age structure of the U.S population. The age 65 and older group will increase from 12 percent to nearly 20 percent of the population. This change will have a profound effect on the federal budget, American families, and economic growth. This report takes a long-term perspective of the aging population; examines the historical experience of the entitlement programs, and compiles projections to 2050. The paper also offers some policy solutions to achieve economic security for the aging population while maintaining a strong economy.
James C. Capretta
Global Aging and the Sustainability of Public Pension Systems: An Assessment of Reform Efforts in Twelve Developed Countries: A Report of the Aging Vulnerability Index Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - Web posted January 3, 2007 – 57 pages
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/pension_profile.pdf
This study chronicles the efforts of twelve developed countries’ attempts to reform their public pension systems. Public benefit systems have been reformed in recent years, but in most developed countries, the pension systems remain unsustainable with the possible exception of Australia. This study supplements the CSIS Aging Vulnerability Index (AVI) published in March 2003.
_______________________________________________________________
EMPLOYMENT
Lynn A. Karoly
Forces Shaping the Future U.S. Workforce and Workplace: Implications for 21st Century Work
RAND Corporation - Testimony presented before the House Education and Labor Committee on February 7, 2007 – 14 pages
http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2007/RAND_CT273.pdf
“While the consequences of the current state of the economy on the fortunes of middle class families are one area for potential concern, there are a number of longer-term issues that are equally relevant in terms of their potential effects on U.S. workers and employers. Thus, I would like to focus my testimony on the forces that are shaping the world of work and the implications of those trends for the U.S. workforce and workplace.
Understanding these forces is critical for shaping policies that can serve to foster a strong and secure middle class well into the 21st century.”
Increasing Economic Security for American Workers
House Committee on Ways and Means – Hearing - March 15, 2007
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=540
Robert Reich, J.D., Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Thea Lee, Assistant Director of Public Policy, AFL-CIO
Howard Rosen, Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Maurice Emsellem, Policy Director, National Employment Law Project
Douglas J. Holmes, President, UWC – Strategic Services on Unemployment and Worker’s Compensation
Christopher H. Wheeler
Trends in Neighborhood-Level Unemployment in the United States: 1980 to 2000
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, March/April 2007, 89(2), pp. 123-142
http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/07/03/Wheeler.pdf
“Although the average rate of unemployment across U.S. metropolitan areas declined between 1980 and 2000, the geographic concentration of the unemployed rose sharply over this period. That is, residential neighborhoods throughout the nation’s metropolitan areas became increasingly divided into high- and low-unemployment areas. This paper documents this trend using data on more than 165,000 U.S. Census block groups (neighborhoods) in 361 metropolitan areas over the years 1980, 1990, and 2000; it also examines three potential explanations: (i) urban decentralization, (ii) industrial shifts and declining unionization, and (iii) increasing segregation by income and education.”
Giovanni Peri
How Immigrants Affect California Employment and Wages
Public Policy Institute of California - California Counts - February 2007 - 20 pp.
http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/cacounts/CC_207GPCC.pdf
“This issue examines the effects of the arrival of immigrants between 1960 and 2004 on the employment, population, and wages of U.S. natives in California. Among the study’s principal findings: 1) There is no evidence that the influx of immigrants over the past four decades has worsened the employment opportunities of natives with similar education and experience, 2) There is no association between the influx of immigrants and the out-migration of natives within the same education and age group, 3) Immigration induced a 4 percent real wage increase for the average native worker between 1990 and 2004, 4) Recent immigrants did lower the wages of previous immigrants.”
Lael Brainard
The Case for Wage Insurance
Joint Economic Committee Hearing, February 28, 2007
http://www.brookings.edu/views/testimony/brainard20070228.htm
“A new wave of globalization has reached our shores. Although the individual elements feel familiar, the combined contours are unprecedented – in scope, speed and scale… Wage insurance could provide an important tool in a broader set of policies designed to help American middle class families insure against disruptive income fluctuations, while preserving the benefits of a dynamic economy.”
Highlights of a GAO Forum: Engaging and Retaining Older Workers
GAO-07-438SP - February 28, 2007 – 25 pages
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-438SP
“GAO convened this forum to address the issues surrounding engaging and retaining older workers. Participants included experts representing employers, business and union groups, advocates, researchers, actuaries, and federal agencies.”
MISCELLANEOUS
Health Care Capital Spending
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis – Fedgazette – January 2007
http://www.minneapolisfed.org/pubs/fedgaz/07-01/
“Data on health care capital spending are not particularly neat and tidy, but what are available show strong recent growth. Nationally, data from the U.S. Census Bureau's construction survey show steady upward growth in the 1990s, with a bit of a slowdown in the latter part of the decade. But spending took a decided upturn about 2001.”
Ray Fisman, Geoffrey Heal, and Vinay B. Nair
A Model of Corporate Philanthropy
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Web posted January 11, 2007 – 23 pages
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/1331.pdf
“Our separating equilibrium is built on the assumption that entrepreneurs can be of two types—they are either purely profit motivated or they care about both profits and the externalities they impose. This difference in entrepreneurs’ preferences makes corporate philanthropy more expensive for profit-maximizing entrepreneurs than it is for ‘socially-minded’ entrepreneurs, who gain some warm glow from charity.” The authors’ preliminary tests support the framework that “corporate philanthropy and profits are positively related only in industries with high advertising intensity and high competition.”
Sylvie VACHERET
Tel: 01 43 12 48 97
E Mail: vacheretsr@state.gov
ECONOMICS AND POVERTY
Economic and Societal Costs of Poverty
House Committee on Ways and Means – Hearing - January 24, 2007
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=508
“There are 37 million Americans living in poverty, an increase of over 5 million since the year 2000 (after prior years of steady decline)… Poor Americans suffer various hardships, including reduced access to economic and educational opportunities, substandard housing, inadequate diet, greater levels of crime victimization, and diminished health. Less recognized, however, are the costs poverty exacts on society as a whole. Nevertheless, studies indicate that poverty reduces our nation’s economic growth and directly increases crime, health and other expenses absorbed by all Americans. The Committee’s hearing will examine the nature and extent of these costs.”
Economic Opportunity and Poverty in America
House Committee on Ways and Means – Hearing - February 13, 2007
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=524
In announcing the hearing, Chairman McDermott stated, “We need to work to ensure the American dream can become a reality. Today, too many of our fellow citizens see that dream slipping away. Those in poverty feel trapped and the countless millions living paycheck to paycheck feel they could slip into poverty at any time. I hope this hearing and others to follow will illustrate the need for change.” The hearing will focus on the extent and nature of economic opportunity and poverty in America.
Poverty: Rewarding Work, Supporting Families
The Brookings Institute – Position Paper and Fact Sheet – March 2007
http://www.opportunity08.org/Issues/OurSociety/31/r1/Default.aspx
“The nation’s poverty rate is higher now than it was in the 1970s, but no President since Lyndon Johnson has made fighting poverty a major administration goal. The time has come for a reinvigorated fight against inequality and despair. Brookings scholars Isabel Sawhill and Ron Haskins offer a plan that focuses on supporting education, work, and marriage.”
_________________________________________________________________
AGING
The Aging Workforce: What does it Mean for Businesses and the Economy?
Senate – Special Committee on Aging – Hearing - February 28, 2007
http://aging.senate.gov/hearing_detail.cfm?id=270004&
“Today, people over the age of 65 make up about 12 percent of the population, but they will make up almost 20 percent in the next 25 years. That means one out of every five Americans will be a senior by the year 2030. Experts are talking about what this demographic wave will mean for Social Security, Medicare, and long-term care. But as we will hear today, we must address another piece of the puzzle: how the retirement of the Baby Boomers will impact the strength of our nation’s businesses and economy.”
Why Population Aging Matters: A Global Perspective
Department of State and the Department of Health and Human Services - National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health – Report - March 13, 2007 – 32 pages
http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/or/81537.htm
“Despite the weight of scientific evidence, the significance of population aging and its global implications have yet to be fully appreciated. There is a need to raise awareness about not only global aging issues but also the importance of rigorous cross-national scientific research and policy dialogue that will help us address the challenges and opportunities of an aging world. Preparing financially for longer lives and finding ways to reduce aging-related disability should become national and global priorities. Experience shows that for nations, as for individuals, it is critical to address problems sooner rather than later. Waiting significantly increases the costs and difficulties of addressing these challenges. This report paints a compelling picture of the impact of population aging on nations.”
John R. Gist
Population Aging, Entitlement Growth, and the Economy
AARP Public Policy Institute, AARP. Report - January 2007 – 64 pages
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2007_01_security.pdf
Demographic aging is changing the age structure of the U.S population. The age 65 and older group will increase from 12 percent to nearly 20 percent of the population. This change will have a profound effect on the federal budget, American families, and economic growth. This report takes a long-term perspective of the aging population; examines the historical experience of the entitlement programs, and compiles projections to 2050. The paper also offers some policy solutions to achieve economic security for the aging population while maintaining a strong economy.
James C. Capretta
Global Aging and the Sustainability of Public Pension Systems: An Assessment of Reform Efforts in Twelve Developed Countries: A Report of the Aging Vulnerability Index Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - Web posted January 3, 2007 – 57 pages
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/pension_profile.pdf
This study chronicles the efforts of twelve developed countries’ attempts to reform their public pension systems. Public benefit systems have been reformed in recent years, but in most developed countries, the pension systems remain unsustainable with the possible exception of Australia. This study supplements the CSIS Aging Vulnerability Index (AVI) published in March 2003.
_______________________________________________________________
EMPLOYMENT
Lynn A. Karoly
Forces Shaping the Future U.S. Workforce and Workplace: Implications for 21st Century Work
RAND Corporation - Testimony presented before the House Education and Labor Committee on February 7, 2007 – 14 pages
http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2007/RAND_CT273.pdf
“While the consequences of the current state of the economy on the fortunes of middle class families are one area for potential concern, there are a number of longer-term issues that are equally relevant in terms of their potential effects on U.S. workers and employers. Thus, I would like to focus my testimony on the forces that are shaping the world of work and the implications of those trends for the U.S. workforce and workplace.
Understanding these forces is critical for shaping policies that can serve to foster a strong and secure middle class well into the 21st century.”
Increasing Economic Security for American Workers
House Committee on Ways and Means – Hearing - March 15, 2007
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=540
Robert Reich, J.D., Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Thea Lee, Assistant Director of Public Policy, AFL-CIO
Howard Rosen, Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Maurice Emsellem, Policy Director, National Employment Law Project
Douglas J. Holmes, President, UWC – Strategic Services on Unemployment and Worker’s Compensation
Christopher H. Wheeler
Trends in Neighborhood-Level Unemployment in the United States: 1980 to 2000
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, March/April 2007, 89(2), pp. 123-142
http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/07/03/Wheeler.pdf
“Although the average rate of unemployment across U.S. metropolitan areas declined between 1980 and 2000, the geographic concentration of the unemployed rose sharply over this period. That is, residential neighborhoods throughout the nation’s metropolitan areas became increasingly divided into high- and low-unemployment areas. This paper documents this trend using data on more than 165,000 U.S. Census block groups (neighborhoods) in 361 metropolitan areas over the years 1980, 1990, and 2000; it also examines three potential explanations: (i) urban decentralization, (ii) industrial shifts and declining unionization, and (iii) increasing segregation by income and education.”
Giovanni Peri
How Immigrants Affect California Employment and Wages
Public Policy Institute of California - California Counts - February 2007 - 20 pp.
http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/cacounts/CC_207GPCC.pdf
“This issue examines the effects of the arrival of immigrants between 1960 and 2004 on the employment, population, and wages of U.S. natives in California. Among the study’s principal findings: 1) There is no evidence that the influx of immigrants over the past four decades has worsened the employment opportunities of natives with similar education and experience, 2) There is no association between the influx of immigrants and the out-migration of natives within the same education and age group, 3) Immigration induced a 4 percent real wage increase for the average native worker between 1990 and 2004, 4) Recent immigrants did lower the wages of previous immigrants.”
Lael Brainard
The Case for Wage Insurance
Joint Economic Committee Hearing, February 28, 2007
http://www.brookings.edu/views/testimony/brainard20070228.htm
“A new wave of globalization has reached our shores. Although the individual elements feel familiar, the combined contours are unprecedented – in scope, speed and scale… Wage insurance could provide an important tool in a broader set of policies designed to help American middle class families insure against disruptive income fluctuations, while preserving the benefits of a dynamic economy.”
Highlights of a GAO Forum: Engaging and Retaining Older Workers
GAO-07-438SP - February 28, 2007 – 25 pages
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-438SP
“GAO convened this forum to address the issues surrounding engaging and retaining older workers. Participants included experts representing employers, business and union groups, advocates, researchers, actuaries, and federal agencies.”
MISCELLANEOUS
Health Care Capital Spending
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis – Fedgazette – January 2007
http://www.minneapolisfed.org/pubs/fedgaz/07-01/
“Data on health care capital spending are not particularly neat and tidy, but what are available show strong recent growth. Nationally, data from the U.S. Census Bureau's construction survey show steady upward growth in the 1990s, with a bit of a slowdown in the latter part of the decade. But spending took a decided upturn about 2001.”
Ray Fisman, Geoffrey Heal, and Vinay B. Nair
A Model of Corporate Philanthropy
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Web posted January 11, 2007 – 23 pages
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/1331.pdf
“Our separating equilibrium is built on the assumption that entrepreneurs can be of two types—they are either purely profit motivated or they care about both profits and the externalities they impose. This difference in entrepreneurs’ preferences makes corporate philanthropy more expensive for profit-maximizing entrepreneurs than it is for ‘socially-minded’ entrepreneurs, who gain some warm glow from charity.” The authors’ preliminary tests support the framework that “corporate philanthropy and profits are positively related only in industries with high advertising intensity and high competition.”
mercredi 21 mars 2007
New documents on political and social issues
AMERICANS CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH
U.S. International Information Programs, February 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/african_americans/African_American_History_Month.html
Originally established as Negro History Week in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African-American author and scholar, this event evolved into the establishment of February as "Black History Month" in 1976. This commemoration also has been referred to as "African-American History Month."
Since 1926, the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASALH) has established the national theme for the monthlong celebration. The National Theme for the celebration in the year 2007 is “From Slavery to Freedom: The Story of Africans in the Americas.”
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
U.S. International Information Programs, February 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/women_in_the_us/womens_history_month.html
The 2007 Women's History Month theme, “Generations of Women Moving History Forward”, celebrates the wisdom and tenacity of prior and future generations of women and recognizes the power of generations working together.
WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES
U.S. International Information Programs, February 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/women_in_the_us.html
American women -- 152 million or 51 percent of the U.S. population -- increasingly are making their influence felt in all spheres of American life. And the month of March – National Women’s History Month – is a fitting time to measure the progress women are making in American society.
WOMEN OF INFLUENCE
U.S. International Information Programs, 2006
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/womeninfln/
This publication offers a glimpse at how women in the United States have helped shape their society. These notable women — from the Native-American Sacagawea, who guided white settlers through a vast wilderness, to Sojourner Truth, who fought for the end of slavery and equal rights for all; to Rosalyn Yalow, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for her research into a new technique for measuring substances in the blood — believed that they had a contribution to make and did not shrink from the obstacles in their way. This account of their accomplishments is a reminder that all societies benefit from the talents and expertise of their women.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: ASIANS 2004
U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 2007
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-05.pdf
The 2004 American Community Survey estimated the number of Asians to be 13.5 million, or 4.7 percent of the U.S. household population. The number of individuals who reported Asian as their only race was 12.1 million, or 4.2 percent of the population. About another 1.4 million reported their race as Asian and one or more other races, including 882,000 people who reported their race as Asian and White. The Asian-alone-or-incombination population included 328,000 Hispanics, and the Asian alone population included 142,000 Hispanics.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: BLACKS 2004
U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 2007
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-04.pdf
This report presents a portrait of the Black or African-American population in the United States. It is part of the American Community Survey (ACS) report series. Information on demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics in the tables and figures are based on data from the 2004. The data for the Black population are based on responses to the 2004 ACS question on race, which asked all respondents to report one or more races.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: HISPANICS 2004
U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 2007
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-03.pdf
The 2004 American Communityt Survey estimated the number of Hispanics to be 40.5 million, or 14.2 percent of the U.S. household population. Hispanics of Mexican origin, with a population of 25.9 million in the United States, were the largest Hispanic group. Mexicans accounted for 64 percent of the Hispanic population. Puerto Ricans (3.9 million) were the second-largest group and made up nearly 10 percent of the Hispanic population. The third-largest Hispanic group, Other Hispanic or Latino, numbered 2.7 million and accounted for nearly 7 percent of the Hispanic population..
UNION MEMBERSHIP
Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 25, 2007
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
In 2006, 12.0 percent of employed wage and salary workers were union members, down from 12.5 percent a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The number of persons belonging to a union fell by 326,000 in 2006 to 15.4 million. The union membership rate has steadily declined from 20.1 percent in 1983, the first year for which comparable union data are available.
UNIONS, THE ECONOMY, AND EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE
The Economic Policy Institute, February 22, 2007
http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp181.html
The latest numbers indicate that 7.4% of working Americans in the private sector were union members in 2006 (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2007), compared to over 30% in 1960 (Greenhouse 2007). If you include government workers, then the numbers inch up to a still-meager 12%, which is down from 12.5% in 2005.
U.S. International Information Programs, February 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/african_americans/African_American_History_Month.html
Originally established as Negro History Week in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African-American author and scholar, this event evolved into the establishment of February as "Black History Month" in 1976. This commemoration also has been referred to as "African-American History Month."
Since 1926, the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASALH) has established the national theme for the monthlong celebration. The National Theme for the celebration in the year 2007 is “From Slavery to Freedom: The Story of Africans in the Americas.”
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
U.S. International Information Programs, February 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/women_in_the_us/womens_history_month.html
The 2007 Women's History Month theme, “Generations of Women Moving History Forward”, celebrates the wisdom and tenacity of prior and future generations of women and recognizes the power of generations working together.
WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES
U.S. International Information Programs, February 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/women_in_the_us.html
American women -- 152 million or 51 percent of the U.S. population -- increasingly are making their influence felt in all spheres of American life. And the month of March – National Women’s History Month – is a fitting time to measure the progress women are making in American society.
WOMEN OF INFLUENCE
U.S. International Information Programs, 2006
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/womeninfln/
This publication offers a glimpse at how women in the United States have helped shape their society. These notable women — from the Native-American Sacagawea, who guided white settlers through a vast wilderness, to Sojourner Truth, who fought for the end of slavery and equal rights for all; to Rosalyn Yalow, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for her research into a new technique for measuring substances in the blood — believed that they had a contribution to make and did not shrink from the obstacles in their way. This account of their accomplishments is a reminder that all societies benefit from the talents and expertise of their women.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: ASIANS 2004
U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 2007
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-05.pdf
The 2004 American Community Survey estimated the number of Asians to be 13.5 million, or 4.7 percent of the U.S. household population. The number of individuals who reported Asian as their only race was 12.1 million, or 4.2 percent of the population. About another 1.4 million reported their race as Asian and one or more other races, including 882,000 people who reported their race as Asian and White. The Asian-alone-or-incombination population included 328,000 Hispanics, and the Asian alone population included 142,000 Hispanics.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: BLACKS 2004
U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 2007
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-04.pdf
This report presents a portrait of the Black or African-American population in the United States. It is part of the American Community Survey (ACS) report series. Information on demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics in the tables and figures are based on data from the 2004. The data for the Black population are based on responses to the 2004 ACS question on race, which asked all respondents to report one or more races.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: HISPANICS 2004
U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 2007
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-03.pdf
The 2004 American Communityt Survey estimated the number of Hispanics to be 40.5 million, or 14.2 percent of the U.S. household population. Hispanics of Mexican origin, with a population of 25.9 million in the United States, were the largest Hispanic group. Mexicans accounted for 64 percent of the Hispanic population. Puerto Ricans (3.9 million) were the second-largest group and made up nearly 10 percent of the Hispanic population. The third-largest Hispanic group, Other Hispanic or Latino, numbered 2.7 million and accounted for nearly 7 percent of the Hispanic population..
UNION MEMBERSHIP
Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 25, 2007
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
In 2006, 12.0 percent of employed wage and salary workers were union members, down from 12.5 percent a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The number of persons belonging to a union fell by 326,000 in 2006 to 15.4 million. The union membership rate has steadily declined from 20.1 percent in 1983, the first year for which comparable union data are available.
UNIONS, THE ECONOMY, AND EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE
The Economic Policy Institute, February 22, 2007
http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp181.html
The latest numbers indicate that 7.4% of working Americans in the private sector were union members in 2006 (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2007), compared to over 30% in 1960 (Greenhouse 2007). If you include government workers, then the numbers inch up to a still-meager 12%, which is down from 12.5% in 2005.
mercredi 7 mars 2007
NOUVELLES DE LA SOCIETE AMERICAINE
New documents on political and social issues February 2007February 2007
AMERICANS CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH
U.S. International Information Programs, February 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/african_americans/African_American_History_Month.html
Originally established as Negro History Week in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African-American author and scholar, this event evolved into the establishment of February as "Black History Month" in 1976. This commemoration also has been referred to as "African-American History Month."
Since 1926, the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASALH) has established the national theme for the monthlong celebration. The National Theme for the celebration in the year 2007 is “From Slavery to Freedom: The Story of Africans in the Americas.”
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
U.S. International Information Programs, February 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/women_in_the_us/womens_history_month.html
The 2007 Women's History Month theme, “Generations of Women Moving History Forward”, celebrates the wisdom and tenacity of prior and future generations of women and recognizes the power of generations working together.
WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES
U.S. International Information Programs, February 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/women_in_the_us.html
American women -- 152 million or 51 percent of the U.S. population -- increasingly are making their influence felt in all spheres of American life. And the month of March – National Women’s History Month – is a fitting time to measure the progress women are making in American society.
WOMEN OF INFLUENCE
U.S. International Information Programs, 2006
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/womeninfln/
This publication offers a glimpse at how women in the United States have helped shape their society. These notable women — from the Native-American Sacagawea, who guided white settlers through a vast wilderness, to Sojourner Truth, who fought for the end of slavery and equal rights for all; to Rosalyn Yalow, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for her research into a new technique for measuring substances in the blood — believed that they had a contribution to make and did not shrink from the obstacles in their way. This account of their accomplishments is a reminder that all societies benefit from the talents and expertise of their women.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: ASIANS 2004
U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 2007
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-05.pdf
The 2004 American Community Survey estimated the number of Asians to be 13.5 million, or 4.7 percent of the U.S. household population. The number of individuals who reported Asian as their only race was 12.1 million, or 4.2 percent of the population. About another 1.4 million reported their race as Asian and one or more other races, including 882,000 people who reported their race as Asian and White. The Asian-alone-or-incombination population included 328,000 Hispanics, and the Asian alone population included 142,000 Hispanics.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: BLACKS 2004
U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 2007
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-04.pdf
This report presents a portrait of the Black or African-American population in the United States. It is part of the American Community Survey (ACS) report series. Information on demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics in the tables and figures are based on data from the 2004. The data for the Black population are based on responses to the 2004 ACS question on race, which asked all respondents to report one or more races.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: HISPANICS 2004
U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 2007
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-03.pdf
The 2004 American Communityt Survey estimated the number of Hispanics to be 40.5 million, or 14.2 percent of the U.S. household population. Hispanics of Mexican origin, with a population of 25.9 million in the United States, were the largest Hispanic group. Mexicans accounted for 64 percent of the Hispanic population. Puerto Ricans (3.9 million) were the second-largest group and made up nearly 10 percent of the Hispanic population. The third-largest Hispanic group, Other Hispanic or Latino, numbered 2.7 million and accounted for nearly 7 percent of the Hispanic population..
UNION MEMBERSHIP Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 25, 2007 http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
In 2006, 12.0 percent of employed wage and salary workers were union members, down from 12.5 percent a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The number of persons belonging to a union fell by 326,000 in 2006 to 15.4 million. The union membership rate has steadily declined from 20.1 percent in 1983, the first year for which comparable union data are available.
UNIONS, THE ECONOMY, AND EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE
The Economic Policy Institute, February 22, 2007
http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp181.html
The latest numbers indicate that 7.4% of working Americans in the private sector were union members in 2006 (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2007), compared to over 30% in 1960 (Greenhouse 2007). If you include government workers, then the numbers inch up to a still-meager 12%, which is down from 12.5% in 2005.
All previous web alerts can be found at:
http://france.usembassy.gov/irc/politics/webalert/default.htm
AMERICANS CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH
U.S. International Information Programs, February 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/african_americans/African_American_History_Month.html
Originally established as Negro History Week in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African-American author and scholar, this event evolved into the establishment of February as "Black History Month" in 1976. This commemoration also has been referred to as "African-American History Month."
Since 1926, the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASALH) has established the national theme for the monthlong celebration. The National Theme for the celebration in the year 2007 is “From Slavery to Freedom: The Story of Africans in the Americas.”
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
U.S. International Information Programs, February 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/women_in_the_us/womens_history_month.html
The 2007 Women's History Month theme, “Generations of Women Moving History Forward”, celebrates the wisdom and tenacity of prior and future generations of women and recognizes the power of generations working together.
WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES
U.S. International Information Programs, February 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/women_in_the_us.html
American women -- 152 million or 51 percent of the U.S. population -- increasingly are making their influence felt in all spheres of American life. And the month of March – National Women’s History Month – is a fitting time to measure the progress women are making in American society.
WOMEN OF INFLUENCE
U.S. International Information Programs, 2006
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/womeninfln/
This publication offers a glimpse at how women in the United States have helped shape their society. These notable women — from the Native-American Sacagawea, who guided white settlers through a vast wilderness, to Sojourner Truth, who fought for the end of slavery and equal rights for all; to Rosalyn Yalow, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for her research into a new technique for measuring substances in the blood — believed that they had a contribution to make and did not shrink from the obstacles in their way. This account of their accomplishments is a reminder that all societies benefit from the talents and expertise of their women.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: ASIANS 2004
U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 2007
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-05.pdf
The 2004 American Community Survey estimated the number of Asians to be 13.5 million, or 4.7 percent of the U.S. household population. The number of individuals who reported Asian as their only race was 12.1 million, or 4.2 percent of the population. About another 1.4 million reported their race as Asian and one or more other races, including 882,000 people who reported their race as Asian and White. The Asian-alone-or-incombination population included 328,000 Hispanics, and the Asian alone population included 142,000 Hispanics.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: BLACKS 2004
U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 2007
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-04.pdf
This report presents a portrait of the Black or African-American population in the United States. It is part of the American Community Survey (ACS) report series. Information on demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics in the tables and figures are based on data from the 2004. The data for the Black population are based on responses to the 2004 ACS question on race, which asked all respondents to report one or more races.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: HISPANICS 2004
U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 2007
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-03.pdf
The 2004 American Communityt Survey estimated the number of Hispanics to be 40.5 million, or 14.2 percent of the U.S. household population. Hispanics of Mexican origin, with a population of 25.9 million in the United States, were the largest Hispanic group. Mexicans accounted for 64 percent of the Hispanic population. Puerto Ricans (3.9 million) were the second-largest group and made up nearly 10 percent of the Hispanic population. The third-largest Hispanic group, Other Hispanic or Latino, numbered 2.7 million and accounted for nearly 7 percent of the Hispanic population..
UNION MEMBERSHIP Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 25, 2007 http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
In 2006, 12.0 percent of employed wage and salary workers were union members, down from 12.5 percent a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The number of persons belonging to a union fell by 326,000 in 2006 to 15.4 million. The union membership rate has steadily declined from 20.1 percent in 1983, the first year for which comparable union data are available.
UNIONS, THE ECONOMY, AND EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE
The Economic Policy Institute, February 22, 2007
http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp181.html
The latest numbers indicate that 7.4% of working Americans in the private sector were union members in 2006 (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2007), compared to over 30% in 1960 (Greenhouse 2007). If you include government workers, then the numbers inch up to a still-meager 12%, which is down from 12.5% in 2005.
All previous web alerts can be found at:
http://france.usembassy.gov/irc/politics/webalert/default.htm
mardi 20 février 2007
2007 STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
New documents on political and social issues
January 2007
2007 STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
The White House, January 23, 2007
http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2007/
On January 23, President Bush delivered his State of the Union message in which he discussed some issues of his domestic agenda which includes health care reform, education and immigration.
2007 STATE OF THE UNION POLICY INITIATIVES
The White House, January 22, 2007
http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2007/initiatives/index.html
Health Care: President Bush announced his proposals to make basic, private health insurance available and affordable for more Americans. The President's plan includes reforming the tax code with a standard deduction for health insurance so all Americans get the same tax breaks for health insurance, and helping states make affordable private health insurance available to their citizens.
Education: President Bush discussed his priorities for strengthening and reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) this year.
Immigration: President Bush called on Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill that will secure our borders, enhance interior and worksite enforcement, create a temporary worker program, resolve – without animosity and without amnesty – the status of illegal immigrants already here, and promote assimilation into our society.
Judges: The President has a duty to nominate qualified men and women to fill vacancies on the Federal bench, and he called on the Senate to give those nominees a fair hearing and a prompt up-or-down vote.
THE “BRAIN GAIN” RACE BEGINS WITH FOREIGN STUDENTS
Migration Policy Institute, January 1st, 2007
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=571
Foreign students make the United States one of the most profitable educational destinations. For example, according to NAFSA: Association of International Educators, foreign students and their dependents contributed more than $13 billion to the US economy in 2004-2005. In addition, they enrich the cultural diversity and educational experience for US-born students and enhance the reputation of US universities as world-class learning and research institutions.
THE FOREIGN BORN IN THE ARMED SERVICES
Migration Policy Institute, January 15, 2007
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=572
This spotlight focuses on the statistics and recent policy changes regarding the foreign born in the US armed services (army, navy, US Marines, air force). The data from the Department of Defense are as of May 2006, and the data from USCIS are from December 2006, unless otherwise noted.
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE MINIMUM WAGE
Economic Policy Institute, January 2007
http://www.epi.org/issueguides/minwage/epi_minimum_wage_issue_guide.pdf
On January 10, 2007, the House of Representatives voted 311 to 116 to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour over two years. The Senate Finance Committee also began hearings on minimum wage legislation this week focusing on tax incentives for businesses that will be affected by the new minimum wage.
JUSTICE FOR ALL: THE LEGACY OF THURGOOD MARSHALL
U.S. International Information Programs, January 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/tmarshall/index.html
The name of Thurgood Marshall may not be as well-known outside the United States as that of his fellow civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. And yet, Marshall's achievement in demolishing the legal structure that sustained racial segregation in the American South advanced the civil rights cause as profoundly as the nonviolent protests led by King.
LEVERAGING DIVERSITY IN THE NEW CONGRESS
Center for American Progress, January 16, 2007
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/01/diversity.html
As the 110th Congress got underway its members rose in unison to applaud this historic first—Nancy Pelosi becoming the first woman Speaker of the House. Yet another historic milestone received much less attention. The new Congress boasts the largest number of African American, Latino, and Asian members in the history of the United States.
NEW CONGRESS TAKES FIRST STEPS TOWARD IMMIGRATION REFORM
Migration Policy Institute, January 15, 2007
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=574
Prospects for congressional action on immigration reform remain promising now that the Democrats have taken control of Congress. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MA) reported on January 7 that congressional leaders spoke with President George Bush about immigration in meetings the first week of January, and the president expressed optimism about his ability to work with Democrats on the issue.
All previous web alerts can be found at:
http://france.usembassy.gov/irc/politics/webalert/default.htm
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