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Among the projects that FDR's spending paid for was the Current Population Survey, which has measured unemployment every month since March 1940. The process - which aside from computerization and expansion has not fundamentally changed over the years - centers on interviews with a rotating sampling of 60,000 households. Workers are sorted into three categories: employed, unemployed and not in the labor force. To be counted as unemployed, a worker must have "actively looked for work" in the past month - a definition some analysts say is too narrow to capture the breadth of the economic pain. A more realistic...
...This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and Nov. 24 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, the landmark work in which Darwin laid forth his theory of natural selection. While celebrations have emphasized the British naturalist's giant role in the advancement of human progress, British political journalist Dennis Sewell is not convinced. In a new book, The Political Gene: How Darwin's Ideas Changed Politics, he highlights how often - and how easily - Darwin's big idea has been harnessed for sinister political ends. According to Sewell, evolution...
...Harvard College Vegetarian Society’s Thanksgiving fell on a Monday this year, as the group hosted a Thanksgiving potluck dinner last night at the Lowell House Grille...
Earlier this year, the group filled an entire Science Center lecture hall for a debate between students and a representative from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals...
When he arrived at Harvard his freshman year, Alexander E. Johnson ’10 says he thought to himself, “This is a very irreligious place...