William H. Frey

Advancement of our young people into middle-class jobs at all skill levels is essential to future economic growth. That growth is, in turn, essential to our country’s ability to provide opportunities and social supports. Absent these investments, we are looking at a society whose members will be fighting over pieces of a shrinking pie.

The biggest gains in the Hispanic population are coming from young people who are now living here, are born here, and are now turning 18. And that population is going to continue to shoot up

I think people are more comfortable in identifying themselves, and their children, as mixed race. It’s much more socially acceptable, more mainstream, to say, ‘That’s what we want to identify them as.’… One out of six kids who used to be thought of as just black will now grow up thinking of themselves as white and black. This is a huge leap. This is a ray of hope that we’re finally moving into an era where this very sharp black-white divide is breaking apart.

Ohio is really ground zero for the white working-class voting bloc.

The fact that a substantial segment of…older workers are more educated and experienced accounts for their taking fewer employment hits.

Black segregation levels are even higher for children, signaling the continued separation of black and white families across communities...