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| Brown@50: Fulfilling the Promise | | Howard University School of Law's "celebration and commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (1954)." Features a chronology of slavery, segregation, and civil rights in the United States; court decisions; and links to civil rights resources. Also provides information about events and conferences (2003-2004) related to the anniversary.
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| American Association of University Women (AAUW) | | This site offers information about the AAUW, which lobbies and advocates for education and equity for women and girls, supports women seeking judicial redress for sex discrimination in higher education, and funds community action projects, research, and fellowships and grants for women around the globe. There is a directory of all branch and state Web sites and projects.
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| Building Blocks for Youth | | Informative site on issues relating to juvenile crime and justice. Building Blocks for Youth is a group of children's advocates, law enforcement officials, and others dedicated to protecting and advocating for minority youths involved in the justice system. Topics include youths in the adult criminal justice system, race issues, "get tough" on juveniles legislation, juvenile courts, and the dangers of incarcerating juveniles with adult offenders. The Web site offers an online newsletter, reports, fact sheets, and news articles and links.
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http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/
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| Employment Discrimination: An Overview | | This site provides a comprehensive overview of employment discrimination laws, as well as links to federal and state statutes, federal agency regulations, federal and state judicial decisions, and other employment law topics. Part of the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School.
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http://wwwsecure.law.cornell.edu/topics/employment_discrimination.html
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| Glass Ceiling Commission | | Works to identify barriers and expand practices and policies that promote employment opportunities for the advancement of minorities and women into positions of responsibility in the private sector. Site contains studies and reports.
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http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/keyWorkplaceDocuments/government/federal/Glassceilingr...
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| UCLA Center for Health Policy Research | | The center conducts "studies on an array of important health issues, including access to health care, health care economics, health status and chronic conditions, health insurance coverage, disparities in health services, and methodological studies related to data collection for public health and health policy." It contains news; publications; and information on educational, outreach, and public service programs and activities. Searchable. From the University of California, Los Angeles.
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http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/
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| Ethnomed: Ethnic Medicine Information from Harborview Medical Center | | EthnoMed seeks to "make information about culture, language, health, illness and community resources directly accessible to health care providers" of recent immigrants. This searchable clinical resource provides culture-specific pages, journal articles, immigration issues, and links related to public health, patient education, and cross-cultural information. From the University of Washington Health Sciences Library and the Harborview Medical Center's Community House Calls Program in Seattle.
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| American Indian Health | | This Web site blends "health and medical resources pertinent to the American Indian population including policies, consumer health information, and research. Links are provided to an assortment of documents, Web sites, databases and other resources." Searchable and browsable. From the National Library of Medicine.
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http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/
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| DiversityRx | | Policy makers, health care providers, and consumers can access a wealth of information on serving diverse communities here. This site explains how language and culture affect the delivery of health care to various ethnic groups. It includes information on best practices, standards for medical interpreters, legal and policy issues, news, and links to sites dealing with cross-cultural and minority health care.
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http://www.diversityrx.org/
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| Families USA | | The Web site for a "a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans." Includes news; guides, kits, and other tools for advocates; position papers; related links; and more. Searchable. Some material available in Spanish.
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| Patient Advocacy Resources: A Guide for Patients and Their Families | | A bibliography and Webliography "created to assist consumers in becoming advocates for their own health." It includes citations for books and annotated links to Web sites on such topics as self-help groups, medical records, rights and privacy, informed consent, disabilities, and end of life decisions. From Healthnet, a project of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut Health Center, but not limited to Connecticut resources.
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http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/advocacy.html
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| U.S. Census Bureau: Health Insurance Data | | Medical insurance—who has it and who doesn't? Reports and statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey and other figures covering various periods from the late 1980s on.
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http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins.html
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| America's Uninsured: A Closer Look | | The National Academy of Sciences presents facts and myths about uninsured people in the United States, demographics, and how people gain and lose coverage. The site includes Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care (2001), the Academy's Institute of Medicine's report on health insurance and how the lack of it affects people and communities. An extensive summary of the report is available in Spanish, and there are links to resources for getting and keeping health insurance.
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http://www4.nationalacademies.org/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/uninsured
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| National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) | | This organization proposes to "identify and promote strategies that prevent child poverty in the United States and that improve the lives of low-income children and their families." The Web site offers facts, statistics, reports, news, analyses, and policy recommendations. Users can view issues of the Child Poverty News & Issues and other publications online. From Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
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| National Coalition for the Homeless | | Web site offers facts, legislation, projects, calendar of events, searchable library of citations and abstracts for research on homelessness, housing, and poverty, directories of local, state, and national homeless/housing organizations, and a directory of annotated links to other homelessness sites, worldwide.
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http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
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| A Profile of the Working Poor, 2000 | | "This report presents data on the relationships between labor force activity and poverty in 2000 for individual workers and their families." It explains the concepts and definitions of poverty and provides related links to the Current Population Survey (CPS), a comprehensive body of data on the labor force conducted monthly by the Bureau of Census.
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http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2000.htm
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| America's Second Harvest | | This Web site of "the largest domestic hunger-relief organization" addresses many aspects of hunger: who is hungry in America, childhood hunger, and public policy affecting hunger. Includes a directory of food banks. There are state-by-state statistical profiles (in Public Policies) relating to "food insecurity" and participation in nutrition programs. Recommended for insight into the problem of hunger and how it can be addressed nationally, locally, and personally.
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http://www.secondharvest.org/
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| Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement | | Features the current poverty thresholds from the Census Bureau (used for statistical purposes, for example, preparing estimates of the number of Americans in poverty each year) and the guidelines as published in the Federal Register (used for administrative purposes, for example, determining financial eligibility for certain federal programs). Includes links to research organizations and background papers on poverty research. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/
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| Work and Marriage: The Way to End Poverty and Welfare | | September 2003 policy brief from the Brookings Institution that contrasts "making cash and related forms of public assistance more generous with strategies that encourage work and marriage." Includes links to related commentary and briefs from the institution.
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http://www.brook.edu/es/research/projects/wrb/publications/pb/pb28.htm
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| Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve | | Called "the most comprehensive study ever of homelessness in America," this 1999 study reports "that most people who become homeless have suffered severe hardships—including physical and sexual abuse, childhood trauma, poverty, a poor education, disability and disease—but are successful in escaping homelessness when they get help from federal and other programs." The opening page has basic statistics and leads to summary and technical reports. From the U.S. Housing and Urban Development department.
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http://www.hud.gov/library/bookshelf18/pressrel/pr99-258.html
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| Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) | | The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) is a "center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States." The site includes a FAQ on poverty; IRP discussion papers, reports, and abstracts; events information; and related links. Searchable. From the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/
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| American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas | | "A compendium of information about the economic infrastructure of these areas. The material is arranged geographically and is presented in small files based on location." Information includes size of territory, government, community facilities, and brief statistics about employment and labor force. About half the United States are represented. From the U.S. Economic Development Agency (EDA).
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http://www.eda.gov/xp/EDAPublic/Research/AmerIndianRes.xml
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| Bureau of Labor Statistics | | Web site provides easy entry into the full range of economic data and analysis produced by BLS. Users can access statistics and reports on employment and unemployment, price (such as the Consumer Price Index), living conditions, compensation, productivity, and more.
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http://www.bls.gov/
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| Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (FDAC) | | "A government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government."
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| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) | | This nonpartisan organization watches state and federal governments and "conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low- and moderate-income people." Analyses and policy recommendations are available at this site.
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http://www.cbpp.org/
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| EconData | | A guide to regional economic data on the Web, the site contains more than 400 annotated links to socioeconomic data sources arranged by subject and provider of data. Also lists its ten best sites for finding regional economic data. Additionally, it provides a 100-page User's Guide to finding and using socioeconomic data to analyze local and regional economies (in PDF). Sponsored by the Economic Development Administration, the site offers free registration to get e-mail notification of updates to the site.
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http://econdata.net/
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| Economic Policy Institute (EPI) | | Contains discussion, analysis, and links to other sites about current economic matters, including statistics, labor, income, economic snapshots and indicators, opinion pieces, unemployment, foreign trade, and demographics. Searchable.
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http://epinet.org/
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| Economic Statistics Briefing Room | | "The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies," including statistics about output, income, employment, production, transportation, and international matters.
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
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| GovBenefits | | Use a simple three-step process to "identify the government benefits you're entitled to." While "many benefit programs are not featured yet in the GovBenefits web site," it is "expanding regularly to include more programs." Representative categories include veterans, disaster victims, farmers, ranchers, students, seniors, unemployed, home owners, health professionals, and widows. This site is that rare and beautiful bird, "a partnership of many Federal agencies and organizations."
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| State and County QuickFacts | | "Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography" at the national, state, and county levels. "People Facts" include recent population estimates; racial, age, and gender breakouts; high school and college graduates; households; and children under the poverty level. "Business Facts" include retail sales, minority- and women-owned businesses, and building permits. From the U.S. Census Bureau.
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http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
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2005 McGraw-Hill Higher Education