The hidden toll of underemployment
The psychological consequences of underemployment have been largely ignored. The research that does exist, however, is not encouraging. Underemployment is associated with increased incidence of depression, less job satisfaction, lower self-esteem, and can also result in deep-seated, persistent feelings of shame. Originally published 17 months ago; still timely reading.
Judicial vacancies: show us the numbers
New tools allow easy access to and filtering of 12 years of data. How long did George W. Bush take to nominate? President Obama? For the Senate to act?
New York Times flogs pension problems, ignores regional context in Detroit post-mortem
A front-page article exemplifies exactly the kind of one-sided narrative of Detroit’s decline that has prevented meaningful debate about the city’s complex problems and their potential solutions.
Keeping the “best care” option out of the health spending equation
Limited debate keeps public from knowing the full scope of the potential health benefits it is being asked to give up.
Dozens of new state limits on abortions added in 2012
More and more women are more and more effectively denied access. Tools allow user to make custom assessment of impact in each state.
The incredible shrinking federal workforce
When taking into account the growing size of the population, most parts of the federal civilian workforce are effectively much smaller than they were in 1978.
Even with the Affordable Care Act, health insurance coverage for many families may remain unaffordable
Any hopes that large employers would be penalized for failing to offer affordable insurance coverage to the spouses and dependent children of their employees under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) were recently dashed by a proposed interpretation of the law from the Obama Administration.
A promise is a promise…unless it’s inconvenient
In a Rhode Island lawsuit, the state’s argument that the pension promises made to public workers were not contracts is a “radical shift” from legal norms.
Supermajority gives California Dems a chance to finish what they started
But despite their new legislative power, the tone set by Democrats in Sacramento has been decidedly cautious.
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