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...that the Census pulled plans to advertise them nationally. Last spring, the Census did run ads when it was hiring canvassers for the summer - people who walk up and down every block in the U.S. to verify each address. The Census was hoping to get 700,000 applications in order to fill 200,000 spots. Instead, the bureau received 1.2 million. (Those applicants will be considered for the new positions too.) This time around, says decennial recruiting chief Wendy Button, the Census will run advertisements only in areas where it anticipates having trouble filling positions, such as inner cities, extremely...
...Asian volunteers busy about. Wong is a blur of energy and enthusiasm, rattling off anecdotes from her years of activism. Like when she led dozens of South Asian youth to a school that had refused them admittance because of their poor Chinese and got them enrolled. Or when, in order to win the trust of a group of Nepalese boys loitering in a park, she scooped up a waddling toddler in their midst and showered him with kisses...
Some initiatives, such as the nurse home-visiting program and President Obama's proposed Promise Neighborhoods program, already put this theory into practice, by offering support and services to low-income parents in order to reduce child abuse, increase access to prenatal care and provide parenting education and high-quality day care...
...what, exactly, will the two parties be trying to prove next week in order...
Peter the Great - who was rumored to drink up to half a gallon (2 L) of vodka a day - cracked down on home-brewed alcohol by creating liquor licenses, which were required in order to sell vodka. Catherine the Great made it illegal for anyone other than the aristocracy to purvey it, which boosted the drink's quality - and the Czarina's coffers. By 1860, more than 40% of government revenue came from vodka. The distillation process had improved (vodka was now filtered with charcoal and occasionally flavored), leading to increased consumption. By 1913, Russian citizens could boast one unlicensed...