LDF Sues U.S. Department of Education on Behalf of Education Research Organizations Over Discontinuation of Critical Demographic Data Collection
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https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-sues-u-s-department-of-education-on-behalf-of-education-research-organizations-over-discontinuation-of-critical-demographic-data-collection/
What if the White House is reshaping family policy? Driven by conservative allies, proposals to boost marriage and birthrates are on the table, including a cash "baby bonus" for new mothers and special scholarships for married individuals. There’s ongoing debate about the racial implications of these initiatives. Readers can explore the intricate dynamics of this cultural agenda and its potential impact. [Read more](https://crooksandliars.com/2025/04/yamboland-wants-encourage-women-have-more) #Policy #FamilySupport #Demographics
Kudos to the New York Times for shedding light on this complex issue.
Did you know that 66.1% of US households are "United States"?
Facts are the enemy of the authoritarian. You can't sell a dishonest narrative if there are reliable facts that may counter it.
U.S. Census Bureau data faces danger of brain drain
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5349435/us-census-bureau-data-decennial
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When asked on the campaign trail what he offers “modern working women,” Peter Dutton immediately turned to his housing policy because “homeless women are at a record level under this government.”
He said he was “offering women the opportunity to own a home”.
Pressed further on what he’s offering in female-dominated sectors, he turned to general comments about bringing inflation and interest rates down.
And then he applied a quick “women’s angle” on the Coalition’s fuel excise promise, which he said is “targeted at women who are driving to work or driving kids around, or delivery truck drivers or people who have a second or third job under this government.”
His agenda for women appeared so big for a moment during questioning on the campaign trail on Wednesday that he could pull every talking point on his party’s policy offering to share how they’ll benefit women.
Except that these policies do not specifically benefit women, nor has there been any gender analysis to show how they will impact issues like women’s economic empowerment, security and safety.
Indeed, Dutton’s fumbling of the response to simple questions about what he’s offering working women was so terrible that one could assume he never anticipated he’d get asked such a question, or that he didn’t care enough to put in the effort of ensuring he had a decent response ready.
An alternative view could be that women are little more than victims of violence and at risk of homelessness.
But even if this were the case for Dutton, what is he offering women, other than some grand belief that, as a former police officer and given his tough reputation on immigration, rates of violence against women will magically fall under a government he leads?
Another view is that “modern working women” are simply a lost cause for the leader of the opposition, following his attempts to position a ban on working from home in the public sector as an election-winning strategy. A strategy that took a further turn for the worse when he told reporters that women who couldn’t get to the office five days a week could instead take on job-sharing roles.
Dutton’s had almost three years to think about what he could offer women in this election.
Back in 2022, as Dutton was mere months into his role as opposition leader, he could have acted on some of the recommendations in his party’s own internal report into what went wrong at the Federal election, which found that the party lost significant support among women. The recommendations weren’t particularly hard, never daring to suggest that quotas would be the fastest option for improving women’s representaiton in the party.
The Liberal party’s internal report also described the need for unity and a “real hunger to win”. Did Dutton at least read that part and realise that the appetite for votes needs to come from men and women? Luckily, the report is still readily available for Dutton, and anyone else to read, on the Liberal party website.
The question about what Dutton’s offering “modern working women” came from a reporter at the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday, who noted that during his campaign there has been lots of talk about mining, construction, energy and agriculture being the four pillars of the economy. But women were mentioned twice during the Liberal Party’s campaign launch: once as victims of crime and a second time as victims of domestic and family violence.
During Dutton’s speech at the party’s campaign launch over the weekend, he positioned himself as a “protector” of women from crime and terrorism, rather than a leader with ideas and ambitions to enhance women’s economic empowerment and safety.
As Paula Matthewson has shared on The Guardian today, Dutton is leaving the “female Liberal diaspora” with no more options than they had in 2022 – when so many fled the party to vote for alternatives.
Dutton has done nothing on female representation, with just six of the 33 mostly safe Coalition seats being held by women. He’s done nothing on policies supporting women’s economic participation. And despite positioning himself as a “protector” and all about the safety of Australians, he’s offered nothing on ending the national crisis of violence against women.
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#AusPol #ClimateCrisis #WomensRights #ShitParty1 #ShitParty2 #FsckOffDutton #WhyIsLabor #NoNukes #VoteGreens #ProgIndies #OzElection2025 #IncludeAdam #Women #WomensRights #Equality #Gender #Sociology #Demographics
#30DayChartChallenge Día 18: ¡Tema El País! 📰 Hoy, una correlación madrileña con sustancia (y quizás algo de ironía 😉). #RelationshipsWeek
¿Qué relación hay entre lo que cuesta un piso y si tienes perro o niño? 🤔 Graficamos Esfuerzo Inmobiliario (años de renta para 75m²) vs Ratio Mascotas/Niño (<16) por distrito (2015-22).
¡Resulta que la correlación es positiva y fuerte (r≈0.75)! Donde más cuesta la vivienda, tiende a haber más mascotas por cada niño. ¿La cruda realidad del ladrillo cambiando el modelo familiar? ¿"No me llega pa pañales, pero sí pa pienso"? 🤷♂️🐶🐱📈💸
Gráfico facetado por distrito, con estilo inspirado en El País.
🛠 #rstats #ggplot2 | Data: Ayto Madrid/INE (via user csv).
📂 Código/Viz: https://t.ly/5ywEE
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New website shows how a person statistically fits into the Brazilian population
#politics #brazil #demographics
https://agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br/en/agencia-news/2184-news-agency/news/43162-novo-site-mostra-como-uma-pessoa-se-enquadra-estatisticamente-na-populacao-brasileira-4
Atheists are now the largest group in Germany.
For the first time ever, Germany has more atheists (47%) than Catholics and Protestants combined (45%).
This decline in faith is particularly noticeable in southern states such as Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.
#Germany #Atheism #Religion #Demographics #Catholics #Protestants #Muslims #Catholicism #Protestantism #Islam
The Japanese government has issued another grim update as the window for preventing a demographic crisis continues to narrow.The country's population shrank by nearly 900,000 people in the year leading up to October 1, according to statistics released Monday by Japan's internal affairs ministry.Why It MattersJapan's fertility rate in 2023—the most recent year that relevant data is available for—stood at 1.2 expected births per woman over her lifetime—far below the 2.1 needed to sustain a population. The number of births have for nine years hit record low after low, despite hefty government spending on pro-natal policies and some of the
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