Use data to establish that this particular social problem is a large social problem that requires immediate action to solve. You'll need to convince the reader that large numbers of people are being impacted by this social problem. The use of graphics and tables is an important way to communicate this information.
In addition to these selected sources, our Datasets and Statistics guide contains links to a wide variety of sources for current statistics as well as historical data sets for Minnesota, the United States, and the world.
Annual time series data on demographic, political, legislative, economic, and social science variables from 1815 to the present for over 200 countries.
CNTSDATA.xlsx is the main dataset file. The Events Data LINKS files are separate by year. Be sure to consult the User Manual and the Codebook for data definitions and usage tips.
Explores US governmental policies and puts the history of healthcare in chronological context. Includes healthcare related public laws, legislative and executive branch reports, and news articles.
Merges content from various sources such as public laws and hearings, legislative reports, and present-day and historical news articles that give context to immigration policies of the United States.
A summary of statistics on the social, political and economic conditions of the United States. Excel and PDF files of data tables are available for download. Coverage from 1970 to present.
Type your human rights topic into Google and add site:org to uncover organizations (global, U.S..or local) which provide information and advocate for change on your topic or add site:gov to determine which government agencies have jurisdiction.
The organizations listed below provide coverage of multiple issues.
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