Oklahoma City’s population is becoming younger and more diverse, a fact that helped propel a Democrat, Kendra Horn, to victory in a traditionally Republican House district. But the city’s changing demographics are only one part of the story. Emma Cott, New York Times Read more »
U.S. life expectancy declines again, a dismal trend not seen since World War I
Life expectancy in the United States declined again in 2017, the government said Thursday in a bleak series of reports that showed a nation still in the grip of escalating drug and suicide crises. CONT. Lenny Bernstein, Washington Post Read more »
In Donald Trump’s Census, Who Counts?
In November, an improbably riveting trial began in a courtroom in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan. The case was about a single sentence in the federal government’s endless output of forms and queries. It was also a defining clash over American identity. The plaintiffs in the trial, 18 states and […] Read more »
In Mississippi Senate Race, the Suburbs Won’t Save Democrat Mike Espy
Democrats swept back control of the U.S. House this month due to dominance in suburban districts. But in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate runoff Tuesday, Republicans have two big advantages. Not only is Mississippi one of the country’s least suburban states, it’s also sharply divided by one of the few factors that […] Read more »
The Suburbs Are Changing. But Not in All the Ways Liberals Hope.
… Election outcomes in America have become increasingly correlated with population density, a pattern that also appears in other industrialized countries. Rural areas are now reliably Republican, urban areas overwhelmingly Democratic. The suburbs are lodged in between, with many economically conservative but socially liberal voters who have a foot in […] Read more »
Why the Announcement of a Looming White Minority Makes Demographers Nervous
… In a nation preoccupied by race, the moment when white Americans will make up less than half the country’s population has become an object of fascination. For white nationalists, it signifies a kind of doomsday clock counting down to the end of racial and cultural dominance. For progressives who […] Read more »