https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2016/home.htm
Labor force participation by women reached a peak in the U.S. in 1999 with a rate of 60% and has since declined to 56.7% in 2015. This report presents historical and recent labor force participation and earnings data for men and women from the Current Population Survey. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/vet.pdf
The unemployment rate for post-2001 veterans moved down to 5.1% in 2016. Provides details about veterans’ employment status by gender, age, service-connected disability status, and state. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/15-797
5-3 Supreme Court ruling that Texas used unconstitutional standards in determining that a death row inmate was not intellectually disabled. The court had previously ruled in a Virginia case (Atkins v. Virginia) that executing the “mentally retarded” violated the Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. That decision left it up to states to determine their own guidelines for intellectual disability. From the Legal Information Institute of the Cornell University Law School
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2017/demo/p70br-144.pdf
Reports participation rates by eligible individuals and benefit amounts received for such social services programs as Social Security retirement and disability, veterans’ disabilities, unemployment, and workers’ compensation. From the Census Bureau
https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2017/nsf17310/digest/about-this-report/
Provides statistical information in science and engineering education and employment. From the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation
https://eca.state.gov/files/bureau/open_licensing_playbook_final.pdf
Guidelines for federal agencies which are developing grant-supported open licensing projects, educational and otherwise. Calls for projects to have open licenses, discoverable content, remixable resources, easy accessibility and more. From the State Department
https://www.justice.gov/opa/file/925056/download
Text of the consent decree reached between the U.S. and Baltimore relating to unconstitutional actions of the city police department. Covers police/community interactions, use of force, transportation of persons in custody, handling of reports of sexual assault and more. From the Justice Department
Press release summarizing key points to consent decree with Baltimore city officials to resolve findings of federal investigation that the city’s police department engaged in practices that violate the Constitution. Includes links to text and Consent Decree Fact Sheet. From the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department