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Week in Review, September 27th

In this weekly post, we feature online articles and policy reports published recently, and other helpful research tools.
  • Explore how the obesity epidemic will affect America's future. (Trust for America's Health, September 2012)
  • Read about the Affordable Care Act penalty tax for being uninsured. (Congressional Budget Office, September 2012)
  • Try the new Congress.gov, a source for United States legislative information. (Library of Congress / United States Copyright Office, launched September 19, 2012)
  • Review the 2011 numbers for poverty in the United States. (Congressional Research Service, September 13, 2012)