Birthright citizenship has bounded from fringe obsession to the prime-time news hour in the span of just a few weeks. Immigration opponents want to repeal the right, nestled in the Constitution since 1868, with a new amendment. "I think it's worth considering," House Minority Leader John Boehner said on last week's Meet the Press, cementing the idea's sudden status as a straight-faced topic of debate in Washington. His supporters say birthright citizenship invites immigrants to come here and rewards their illegal behavior once they've made it across the border. Their logic also rests ... Read More
Mass Layoffs and the Lost Boys
February 26, 2010 • By • Leave a Comment
The economic downturn has spawned a spate of scary statistics. How many jobs have been lost? How many people are unemployed, or underemployed? How large is the national debt? As pundits pondered those data points, a group of University of California researchers were crunching a different set of disturbing numbers. Their unorthodox measure of how the threat of unemployment affects families is summed up by a disquieting question: How many boys have not been not born? To be precise, a research team from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health calculated the number ... Read More
