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...trial.After jurors have fulfilled this requirement, they are disqualified from serving again for three years. And although students, along with other unemployed residents, are not paid for their first three days of jury duty, they can be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses.Since jury data is taken from census data, the state has no reliable way to track how many jurors are students, says Massachusetts Jury Commissioner Pamela J. Wood. She adds that there is also no central repository with information about the ages of jurors.So without the data unavailable, are students disproportionately burdened by Massachusetts’ trial panel...
...colleges are so selective that they turn down more than half their applicants. Forty-four percent of colleges accept every single applicant. Some graduates do move home after college, but in the 1980s, more 18-to-34-year-olds lived at home than do today, according to census data. Constant distortions like these have unintended consequences. A survey of young Latinos showed many hadn't applied to college at all because they had heard colleges are too selective and too expensive...
...figures adjusted for inflation where applicable. Sources: Census Bureau; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Bureau of Economic Analysis; Federal Reserve; Mortgage Bankers Association
...latest Census reports that only about 5% of Hazleton's 23,000 residents were Hispanic. But the city's population has swelled since 2000 to around 31,000, according to local officials, about 8,000 of which are Hispanics, or more than a quarter of the residents. Police Chief Robert Ferdinand said he doesn't have good statistics yet to prove it, but his officers are reporting an increasing number of illegal immigrants being involved with violent incidents. He said his officers arrest an illegal immigrant about once a week - something that hardly ever happened just three or four years...
...communities are meeting at an interesting point in their respective histories. Since the U.S. civil rights movement, the black middle class has ballooned. The entrepreneurial spirit among African Americans is acute. In April, the Census Bureau reported that from 1997 to 2002, the number of black-owned businesses in the U.S. grew...