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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 2001

Page

13

Two must read summer books for social insight

Ehrenreich and Greenfield offer a powerful duo. Ehrenreich exposes working poverty and housing costs through real jobs and a biologist eye. Greenfield’s Washington satirizes power cliques and self-importance, delivering sharp public life critique.

Barbara Ehrenreich Washington Meg Greenfield The Prince of Social Services Ronald Reagan Ehrenreich

Daddy's Little Girl Plays With Republican Barbie

A father recounts mornings with his 15 month old daughter Sophie and her Barbie Convention Delegate doll. She toys with dolls and a toy bottle, sometimes injuring a doll’s eye, while the family greets Elmo and Pooh nearby. Sophie also replays the Bach video repeatedly, claimed to boost intelligence. The piece blends quirky observations with parenting humor.

Sophie Barbie Mattel Elmo Winnie the Pooh Bill Clinton Rob Trucks Bey

New pioneers redefine immigrant identity in American frontier

Census data cited by the Washington Post contrasts immigrant areas with traditional family structures and argues new arrivals act as pioneers. The piece likens modern immigrant families to 19th century Oregon Trail settlers, stressing education, persistence, and family labor as key to integrating and sustaining American society.

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Nuclear family under siege in census and culture clash

A Census Bureau view shows the American nuclear family fragmenting as married households slip from 55 to 51 percent while single parents rise to 7.5 million and cohabiting couples reach 5.4 million. Analysts debate policy shifts and cultural change, citing Barbara Whitehead and Books like The Case for Marriage.

U.S. Airways Alfred Knopf Barbara Dafoe Whitehead Census Bureau Maggie Gallagher Linda J. Waite Doubleday

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