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    Pew Hispanic Center

    Pew Hispanic Center is a nonpartisan research organisation supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Its mission is to improve understanding of the U.S.
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    U.S. population projections: 2005–2050

    Pew Hispanic Center, 2008
    If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005.  Of this increase, 82% will be due to the both the arrival of immigrants and the births of their U.S.-born descendants.
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    Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)

    The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) of Alabama, USA is a private, nonprofit organisation that provides legal representation to indigent defendants and prisoners who have been denied fair and just treat
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    A digital inclusion advocacy toolkit: bridging the digital divide by winning community benefits in municipal broadband projects

    Social Science Research Council, USA, 2007
    This toolkit aims to be a resource for community members who want to advance digital inclusion in their area where their local government is exploring a broadband/ high-speed Internet initiative.
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    Mobilizing the private sector for public education: a view from the trenches

    World Bank, 2007
    The papers in this book, initially presented at a conference hosted by the World Bank and the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, demonstrate that public–private initiatives are widespread.
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    Global economic outlook 2008

    Deloitte, 2008
    Global imbalances have contributed to the build up of a speculative bubble in the US housing market. Their unwinding after the recent bursting of this bubble might mark the return of broad scale inflation for several reasons:
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    Myths of the high medical cost of old age and dying

    International Longevity Center (USA), 2008
    This paper highlights seven supposed myths of the high medical cost of old age and dying in the United States. For each myth, empirical evidence is outlined. These include: Myth 1: the growing number of older people has been the primary factor driving the rise in America’s health care costs.
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    Cruel and unusual: sentencing 13- and 14-year-old children to die in prison

    Equal Justice Initiative, 2007
    In the United States dozens of 13- and 14-year-old children have been sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole after being prosecuted as adults. While the United States Supreme Court recently declared that death by execution is unconstitutional for juveniles, young children continue to be sentenced to imprisonment until death with very little scrutiny or review.
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    “When I die, they’ll send me home”: youth sentenced to life without parole in California

    Human Rights Watch, 2007
    This report conducted research in California on the sentencing of youth offenders to life without parole. This report paints a detailed picture of Californians serving life without parole for crimes committed as youth. It found that approximately 227 youth have been sentenced to live their whole lives in California’s prisons.
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    How do immigrants fare in retirement?

    University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, 2007
    This paper examines the retirement resources available to immigrant families in the US by examining Social Security benefits, pension coverage, and private wealth accumulation. The authors argue that pre-retirement immigrants have lower expected Social Security benefits than natives, and that retired immigrants have lower actual Social Security benefits.

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