Aging Infrastructure

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Aging Infrastructure." CQ Researcher 17.34 (2007): 793-816.

Is neglected maintenance putting Americans in danger? The deadly collapse in August of Minneapolis' Interstate I-35 West bridge over the Mississippi River tragically underscored the condition of the nation's highways, dams, wastewater treatment systems, electrical transmission networks and other infrastructure. Many facilities and systems are 50-100 years old, and engineers say they have been woefully neglected. Decades ago taxpayers, lawmakers and private companies found it relatively easy to ante up the huge sums needed to build vital infrastructure, but money for repairs and maintenance has been far tougher to come by in recent years. Federal and state lawmakers today often prefer to spend public dollars on high-profile convention centers and sports arenas, and anti-tax groups often fight tax hikes or utility-rate increases to pay for maintenance. But now lawmakers are debating whether aging infrastructure merits higher taxes or other measures, such as turning more highways into privately run toll roads.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Articles:

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Racial Diversity in Public Schools

Jost, Kenneth. "Racial Diversity in Public Schools." CQ Researcher 17.32 (2007): 745-768.

Has the Supreme Court dealt a blow to integration? Fifty years after the Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in public schools, a new ruling has raised doubts about how far local school boards can go to integrate classrooms. The court's 5-4 ruling in cases from Seattle and Louisville bars school districts from using race as a factor in individual pupil assignments. Like many other school districts, the two school systems used racial classifications to promote diversity in the face of segregated housing patterns. But parents argued the plans improperly denied their children their school of choice because of race. Dissenting justices said the ruling was a setback for racial equality. In a pivotal concurrence, however, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said schools still have some leeway to pursue racial diversity. Meanwhile, some experts argue that socioeconomic integration — bringing low-income and middle-class students together — is a more effective way to pursue educational equity.
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Facts.com

"Update: School Desegregation." Issues & Controversies On File 22 Dec. 2006. Issues & Controversies @ FACTS.com. Facts On File News Services. 22 Sept. 2007 http://www.2facts.com/.

"Update: Affirmative Action." Issues & Controversies On File 4 Apr. 2003. Issues & Controversies @ FACTS.com. Facts On File News Services. 22 Sept. 2007 http://www.2facts.com/.

"The Desegregation of Little Rock Central High School: 50th Anniversary (Research Feature)." Facts On File World News Digest @ FACTS.com. Sept. 2007. Facts On File News Services. 22 Sept. 2007 .


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Books

United States Commission on Civil Rights. Racial isolation in the public schools; a report. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off. 1967.

Orfield, Gary. Dismantling desegregation : the quiet reversal of Brown v. Board of Education. New York : New Press, 1996.
Call Number: LC212.62 .O72 1996 Location: Main Collection

FYI Library Module

Note: These links are for the on-campus Library Module for the FYI program; they will not work off-campus nor are they intended as a research guide to the topic.

n Reference:

TARTER, RALPH E., ADA C. MEZZICH, and CHRIS LOPEZ. "Attention Deficit Disorder." Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior. About the Authors.

n Book:

The hidden disorder: A clinician's guide to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults. by Robert J. Resnick (read about the author at the end of the book).

n Journal Article:

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Among Adolescents: A Review of the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Clinical Implications. By: Wolraich, Mark L.; Wibbelsman, et al. Pediatrics.

n Magazine Article:

Training the Brain. By: Sinha, Gunjan. Scientific American.

n Newspaper Article:

Opiates of the masses; by Adam Sobsey. The Independent Weekly.

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. by Margaret Strock. National Institute of Mental Health.