RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Martha Ross, December 16, 2011, The Avenue, The New Republic
Responding to a recent Forbes column on educational and racial inequality that has sparked a furor, Martha Ross argues that individual resilience is an incomplete prescription to address the systemic issues creating the inequalities in the first place. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, August 31, 2011, The Brookings Institution
The 2010 Census shows that the first decade of the 21st century was pivotal for racial and ethnic change in the United States. William H. Frey finds that the rapid growth of Hispanic and Asian origin groups and internal shifts of African Americans are transforming the racial and ethnic demographic profiles of America’s largest metropolitan areas. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, August 26, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Using newly released Census data, William H. Frey finds that roughly half of U.S. infants under age one are from ethnic minority groups. Frey notes areas with sharp increases in minority populations, and discusses the growing generation gap between the aging, largely white population and the more diverse youth population.
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Shadi Hamid, August 18, 2011, The Atlantic
Shadi Hamid discusses the interaction between European Muslims and non-Muslims, describing a clash of values due to differing views of where religion belongs, the public or private sphere. Hamid examines the impact this difference may have in creating further political strain between these populations. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jill H. Wilson, Audrey Singer and Roberto Suro, August 04, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Both poverty and immigration have increased over the past decade, and both are growing faster in suburbs than in cities in the largest metropolitan areas, according to a new paper by Roberto Suro, Jill Wilson and Audrey Singer. With immigrants now representing one in every five suburban residents living in poverty and the U.S.-born poor population accounting for 83 percent of recent growth in suburban poverty, the authors examine the complex and unfamiliar public policy challenges facing suburbs that have little or no experience dealing with either immigration or poverty. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, May 04, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Due to a reduction of white flight, increased black suburbanization, and a greater Hispanic presence in cities and suburbs, metropolitan populations are becoming increasingly multi-hued. As described in William Frey’s analysis of Census 2010, this dissolution of stereotypes holds important implications for social service providers, which now need to serve people with different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and politicians, who can no longer rely upon demographically homogenous voting blocs. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, April 08, 2011, The Avenue, The New Republic
According to Census 2010 data, the child population in many states and metropolitan areas has declined. William Frey analyzes this trend and what it could mean for communities and education systems throughout the United States. Read More
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William H. Frey, April 06, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Following the first decade of the 21st century, it’s clear that America’s population will continue to become more globalized and ethnically diverse, writes William H. Frey. In his latest analysis he finds that as the white population ages, the increase in new minorities, Hispanics in particular, has altered the country's demographic picture and infused the child population with growth and vitality. Read More
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William H. Frey, March 25, 2011
New census data shows a wave of African-Americans leaving the cities for the suburbs, an aging of the white population and a surge in multiracial families.
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William H. Frey, March 25, 2011, The Brookings Institution
New data from the 2010 Census portray a sharp change in the country’s demographic picture from last century, writes William Frey. Significant growth among Hispanics and Asians, an altered geography for African Americans, and an aging white population all signal major political, economic and social shifts ahead for the United States in the 21st century. Read More
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William H. Frey, March 22, 2011, NBC Nightly News
William Frey discusses migration shifts among African Americans, many of whom are leaving Rust Belt cities for the southern United States. Frey also contextualizes this trend within the broader demographic changes illustrated by the 2010 Census. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, February 07, 2011, The Brookings Institution
New Census Bureau data on school enrollment in the United States show that roughly half of children in the youngest age group are minorities. William Frey links the data to a tipping point in the country's demographics, reinforcing the picture of an increasingly multiethnic minority American youth. He also notes the need for adequate public policy responses in education and workforce training. Read More
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William H. Frey, December 16, 2010, The Brookings Institution
Following the release of five-year American Community Survey data, William H. Frey explores residency and migration patterns among blacks and Hispanics. He notes that some southern metropolitan areas are showing reduced segregation between black and white residents, while segregation levels in the Hispanic community increased in some metros as new areas become destination points. Read More
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Audrey Singer, September 24, 2010, The Avenue, The New Republic
Immigration is a politically toxic topic that has inflamed places from Arizona to northern Virginia. Audrey Singer writes about how some places are confronting the challenges of immigration in productive ways, using the community of Shelbyville, Tennesee, as an example of how residents can adjust to changing demographics. Read More
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Benjamin K. Orr, July 22, 2010, Center for Urban Progress, Howard University
Benjamin Orr addressed District of Columbia nonprofit leaders, describing the demographic and economic changes occurring within the city and the sometimes disproportionate effects of those changes on groups within the District. His presentation sets the stage for a larger discussion of how those changes impact local nonprofits and the low income residents they serve. Read More