For much of the 20th century, young and old people voted pretty similarly. The defining gaps in our recent politics have been the gender gap (women preferring Democrats) and the education gap. But now the generation gap is back, with a vengeance. … Matthew Continetti recently identified the key blocs […] Read more »
Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X outvoted older generations in 2018 midterms
Midterm voter turnout reached a modern high in 2018, and Generation Z, Millennials and Generation X accounted for a narrow majority of those voters, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available Census Bureau data. CONT. Anthony Cilluffo & Richard Fry, Pew Read more »
Companies That Rely On Census Data Worry Citizenship Question Will Hurt
Some critics of the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to the 2020 census are coming from a group that tends to stay away from politically heated issues — business leaders. From longtime corporations like Levi Strauss & Co. to upstarts like Warby Parker, some companies say that […] Read more »
6 facts about U.S. moms
American motherhood has changed in many ways since Mother’s Day was first celebrated more than 100 years ago. Today’s moms are more educated than ever before. A majority of women with a young child are in the labor force, and more mothers are serving as their family’s sole or primary […] Read more »
Americans See Advantages and Challenges in Country’s Growing Racial and Ethnic Diversity
As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, and as companies from Wall Street to Silicon Valley grapple with how to build workforces that reflect these changing demographics, Americans have a complicated, even contradictory, set of views about the impact of diversity and the best way to achieve […] Read more »
Most of America’s rural areas are doomed to decline
Sunset over an Iowa farm. BJontzPhoto/shutterstock.com David Swenson, Iowa State University Since the Great Recession, most of the nation’s rural counties have struggled to recover lost jobs and retain their people. The story is markedly different in the nation’s largest urban communities. I’m writing from Iowa, where every four years […] Read more »