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Tag: Literacy

Infographic: Literacy around the world

September 8, 2014 Bobbi Clemons Education, Human Rights Leave a comment

For Literacy Day, the United Nations made an infographic looking at literacy statistics around the world. Education is listed again and again as one

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Mexico City subway ride is a bridge to literacy

September 15, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Education, International, Literature/Arts/Film, Transportation Leave a comment

If you think riding a subway can be a Kafka-esque experience, try taking Mexico City’s yellow line. At each of 13 stations along the line,

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McCaskill vs. Hawley: What the pollster asked

April 17, 2018

Missouri’s incumbent U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill faces a challenge in November from

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American Communitiy Survey

American Community Survey: Is it useful? Is it safe?

April 7, 2018

I filled out the U.S. Department of Commerce’s American Community Survey today,

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Brexit

Brexit, Colombia, Trump, and the threat of the unexpected

November 4, 2016

This year pre-Brexit, polls in Britain were equivocal. Would Britain continue as

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Inane questions undermine poll results

August 30, 2016

Last night, Rachel Maddow reported that a just-released national poll by liberal-leaning

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