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This week's news on the work-life conflict, care, the care crisis, the care economy and human well-being.

Friday, January 20, 2012

 

ARTICLES

Day Care Centers Adapt to Round-the-Clock Demand

From: The New York Times

By: Sabrina Tavernise

"Day care is slowly becoming night care in today's economy, as parents work ever longer days, take on second jobs and accept odd shifts to make ends meet."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/us/day-care-centers-adapt-to-round-the-clock-demands.html?pagewanted=all

 

Few Cities Have Regained Jobs They Lost, Report Finds

From: The New York Times

By: Michael Cooper

"Only 26 of the nation's 363 metropolitan areas had recovered their lost jobs by the end of 2011, and only 26 more are projected to recover them by end of this year, according to the report, which was commissioned by the United States Conference of Mayors. It will take at least five years for the 80 hardest-hit areas to recover the jobs they lost, the report forecast."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/us/few-cities-have-regained-lost-jobs-report-finds.html?_r=2&ref=us

 

U.S. Jobless Claims Fall Sharply

From: The New York Times

By: The Associated Press

"The number of people seeking unemployment benefits for the first time plummeted last week to 352,000, the fewest since April 2008, the Labor Department said Thursday. The decline added to evidence that the job market is strengthening."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/business/economy/jobless-claims-fall-sharply.html?ref=business

 

Work Your Proper Hours: A Campaign Against Unpaid Overtime

From: Fast Co.

By: Fast Co. Staff

"Chances are, you worked more than eight hours yesterday, and ate lunch at your desk. A new campaign would like you to stop doing that, please (and to stop your boss expecting it). It's killing you and it's ruining the economy."

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679160/work-your-proper-hours-a-campaign-against-unpaid-overtime?partner=homepage_newsletter

 

RADIO

The End of the American Dream?

From: The Kojo Nnamdi Show

By: Kojo Nnamdi

"Americans have always believed that in the U.S., anyone who works hard can get ahead. But research shows that in fact it's tougher to climb the economic ladder here than in Canada or Europe. Debates about what 'opportunity' means in America today are already shaping the presidential race. We explore perceptions and reality behind the 'American Dream.'"

http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2012-01-18/end-american-dream

 

Tackling Alzheimer's Disease

From: Diane Rehm Show

By: Diane Rehm

"Alzheimer's disease affects nearly five million Americans a year. But that number is expected to triple in coming years as our population ages. The cost of treating sufferers is also predicted to rise - to $1 trillion by 2050. For many years, Alzheimer's struggled to achieve the funding levels of more prominent diseases. And breakthroughs have been few and far in between. Now, the White House has brought together a team of experts to develop a national plan of action for the illness. Join us to discuss what the new plan will mean for sufferers, their families and the medical community."

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-01-18/tackling-alzheimers-disease

 

BLOGS

Stay-at-Home Fathers Aren't So Rare Anymore

From: Motherlode, a blog from The New York Times

By: KJ Dell'Antonia

"We should take every opportunity to discuss the fact that the United States does very little, as a nation or a society, to make being a working parent (or a parent, for that matter) easier (and we have discussed it, here)."

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/stay-at-home-fathers-arent-so-rare-anymore/

 

GRAPHS

What Percent Are You?

From: The New York Times

A graphic which allows you to "enter your household income and see how you rank in 344 zones across the country."

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/15/business/one-percent-map.html?ref=us

 

When Different Parts of the Country May Recover

From: The New York Times

"Less than 10 percent of the nation's metropolitan areas have recovered the jobs they have lost since the recession. Of the largest metro areas, Houston is the only one that has returned to pre-recession levels."

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/18/us/when-different-parts-of-the-country-may-recover.html?ref=us

 

 
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