This is the fourth State of the nation report that the Commission presents to Parliament. In this report [the Commission] assesses progress towards improving social mobility and what could be done to accelerate that progress. [The Commission] explores what the Government could do, and examines ...
At the top of the list, according to OECD data, is France, where government spending consumes nearly 60 percent of the nation’s economic output. These numbers are very depressing, but they are going to get worse over time. Like most nations in Europe, France is dealing with demographic de...
In New York City, Trump improved his margin from 2020 by seven percentage points – winning 30.45 percent in the nation’s largest city, compared to 67.7 percent for Harris, with the vast majority of Election Day votes counted. But the shares could change b...
*** Polling by the Pew Research Center finds that nearly half of Americans believe the U.S. should be a Christian nation, and over half believe the Bible should replace the Constitution and the will of the people in writing laws for all to follow. Slightly more than 50% disagree with th...
For a state to be ethnically and culturally neutral runs counter to the whole European notion of the nation-state, as propagated all over the world through colonialism. Ethnicity was treated by the state classes as a “political pathology.” Integral to the nation-state model was both an attem...
Its symbol is the Statue of Liberty, but the metropolis is itself an icon, the arena in which Emma Lazarus’s “tempest-tost” people of every nation are transformed into Americans—and if they remain in the city, they become New Yorkers. Why are New York City's bagels so good?Discover...
By ensuring the fossil fuel industry pays for some of the damages it has caused, we’re addressing the staggering costs of climate adaptation and setting a precedent for the nation to follow. This law is a testament to New York’s leadership in tackling the climate crisis head-on, and I ...
However, in Miami, the top industries for Latino small-business owners are professional, scientific, and technical services, as well as healthcare and social assistance.According to the US Census Bureau, Latinos across the nation have been raising their level of education, with increasing high...
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