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Youth Employment Trends

Source: U.S. Department of Labor. Report on the Youth Labor Force, November 2000. Based on Current Population Survey data. Web: stats.bls.gov/opub/rylf/rylfhome.htm . How Many…

Economist

What is this job like? Economists do research. They prepare surveys to collect data, and then figure out what the data mean. They also forecast how the economy might change in the future.…

progressivism

(Encyclopedia) progressivism, in U.S. history, a broadly based reform movement that reached its height early in the 20th cent. In the decades following the Civil War rapid industrialization…

James Grant O'HARA, Congress, MI (1925-1989)

O'HARA James Grant , a Representative from Michigan; born in Washington, D.C., November 8, 1925; moved with his parents to Michigan, in 1939; graduated from University of Detroit High School in…

Civil Rights March on Washington

All about the March on Washington, August 28, 1963 Related Links Quotes from Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Speeches Martin Luther King Biography Civil Rights Timeline…

Congress: Lewinsky or Legislation?

1998 News of the Nation Not only the President, but Congress itself was in danger of having its reputation rest on the sex scandal. With the public's approval ratings of Congress only 43% in…

O’HARA, James Grant, Congress, MI (1925-1989)

O’HARA, James Grant, a Representative from Michigan; born in Washington, D.C., November 8, 1925; moved with his parents to Michigan, in 1939; graduated from University of Detroit High School in…

Richard OLNEY, Congress, MA (1871-1939)

OLNEY Richard , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Milton, Stafford County, N.H., January 5, 1871; attended the public schools and Leicester Academy; was graduated from Brown University…

Welfare Reform

1997 News of the Nation A year after the historic legislation was signed into law, the national welfare rolls have dropped by 1.5 million people to the lowest numbers in 27 years. Most of those…