Mamma Mia A New Demography for
American Motherhood
The state of motherhood in the United States has shifted strik- ingly in the past two decades, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Compared with mothers of
newborns in 1990, today’s mothers are older, better educated and less likely to be either white or married.
The ideal number of children for a family is still two, as it has been since the 1970s. Pew projects that 82 per- cent of U.S. population growth through 2050 will be from immigrants that ar- rived after 2005 and their descendants.
Sources:
PewForum.org, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau
Breathe Easier Great Days for Clean Air
For nearly 100 years, dis- charges from two of Edison International’s coal plants have polluted the air over the city of Chicago, exposing area families to dangerous levels of chemicals while adding to the Earth’s greenhouse gases. But the people fought back and won, because the city has quit using coal.
For more than 10 years,
Chicago residents have been demanding their right to clean air and a safe cli- mate. Now, the Fisk coal plant, in Pilsen, and the Crawford operation, in Little Village, will shut down in 2012 and 2014, respectively. Clean air activists in Ohio and Pennsylvania recently claimed similar vic-
tories. Utility provider GenOn will close seven coal plants in the two states, including one in Portland, Pennsylvania, which has been deemed respon- sible for more than 500 asthma attacks and 54 heart attacks. “These victories are not only for the people of Chicago, Ohio and Penn-
sylvania, but for local activists all over the country that are working to shut down dirty coal plants in their communities,” says Kelly Mitchell, of Green- peace, in celebrating the announcement.
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