Browse Research and Commentary

Islam and Social Democrats: Integrating Europe's Muslim Minority

Fall 2013, Jonathan Laurence

The Other American Dream: Social Mobility, Race and Opportunity

August 28, 2013, Richard V. Reeves

Shelby County v. Holder and the Future of the Voting Rights Act

August 9, 2013, Nathaniel Persily and Thomas E. Mann

The George Zimmerman Trial: Virtues of an Acquittal

July 18, 2013, Richard Lempert

Courts Will Expect Evidence on Race-Neutral Admission Options in the Aftermath of the Fisher Case

July 17, 2013, Thomas J. Kane

Problems of the Second Generation: To be Young, Muslim, and American

June 28, 2013, Peter Skerry

Voting Rights after the Supreme Court's Shelby County v. Holder Decision

June 25, 2013, Thomas E. Mann and Raffaela L. Wakeman

What to Make of Fisher v. Texas: An Interesting Punt on Affirmative Action?

June 25, 2013, Richard Lempert

The Supreme Court's Non-Decision on Affirmative Action

June 24, 2013, Henry J. Aaron

Shift to a Majority-Minority Population in the U.S. Happening Faster than Expected

June 19, 2013, William H. Frey

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What Should the Supreme Court Do About Affirmative Action?

May 20, 2013, Henry J. Aaron

Can Explosions Be a Blessing in Disguise in Resolving Turkey’s Kurdish Question?

March 20, 2013, Kemal Kirişci

Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress

March 15, 2013, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

More than 70 percent of today's baby boomers and seniors are white, and they grew up during a time when the nation's minority population was relatively small and consisted mainly of African Americans. By contrast, 40 percent of those under age 35 belong to minority groups. They have grown up during a period when racial mingling is the norm at school, work, social occasions and houses of worship.

March 14, 2013, William H. Frey, Phys.org

We still are a country that's kind of divided, and a lot of that fissure in the population tends to be based in race and age and ethnicity. There's kind of a dangerous result in this election when we see older whites moving in one direction and younger minorities moving in another direction.

January 21, 2013, William H. Frey,

New Year's Resolution for Congress Should Be Passing Immigration Reform

December 17, 2012, Jill Wilson

When the 2020 Census comes around, we’re going to have a majority-minority child population.

December 13, 2012, William H. Frey, New York Times

Census Projects New “Majority Minority” Tipping Points

December 13, 2012, William H. Frey

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America’s Changing Demographic Landscape: New Projections from the Census Bureau

December 13, 2012, William H. Frey

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The Door for Immigration Reform is Open. But How Wide?

November 19, 2012, Neil Ruiz

A New Starting Point for Immigration Reform

November 16, 2012, Audrey Singer

On Election Day, A New American Mainstream

November 8, 2012, William H. Frey

Our idea of what racial categories were in the past are changing. I think it's especially going to be changing for younger people as ... there's been an increase in mixed-race marriages, and that will eventually change the classic racial [categories].

September 27, 2012, William H. Frey, The Washington Examiner

The Effects of Racial Preferences in Higher Education on Student Outcomes

September 21, 2012

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I think it [the lack of minority support for Romney] really is an issue in 2012 as the country is becoming more diverse.

August 14, 2012, William H. Frey, National Public Radio