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Signs of the recession's impact on America's impoverished are increasingly apparent, Greenstein says, pointing to a dramatic rise in food-stamp caseloads in recent months. The number of people using food stamps has risen 9.6%, or roughly 2.6 million people, from August 2007 to August 2008, the last period for which data are available. Food banks around the country are reporting longer lines even as donations are falling...
...which accounted for half the growth in our nation's labor force during the 1990s. Migrant contributions to the labor market have been obscured by illegal immigration, a political hot potato that has ramped up tensions between U.S. and Latin American nations. "On balance," the authors argue, "the impact of immigration on the U.S. economy has been significant and positive. Estimates of the net benefits to the U.S. economy put immigrants' net contribution at $50 billion per year. Immigrants boost economic output by increasing the size of the U.S. workforce and the productivity of American firms...Immigrants pay enough...
...anticipate that students and their families may be directly affected by the deteriorating economy,” wrote Tufts University Assistant Director of Public Relations Suzanne C. Miller in an e-mail. “Our planning is focused on responding to this challenge in order to minimize the impact on our primary mission of teaching and research...
Boston University also is monitoring the impact of the economic situation on the families of potential students, Riley said. When the “ripple effects” start to appear, the university will plan accordingly, he explained...
...said.Storus said that he and his partners on the project did not feel bound by the current Houses’ neo-Georgian architectural constraints. In their models, they make use of the most cutting-edge materials and designs. The students’ also toyed with the impact that digital social networking may have on the physical space of the dorm room. Many sought to incorporate into their designs the greater social openness nurtured by networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace. “We really live both virtually and physically in the world,” Levi said...