Demographics & Population

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].

I think there is at least a hint that we have hit bottom in this post-recession malaise in the United States. And by that I mean we've not turned up, but we're going down at a slower pace, and we might see a little bit of the glimmer of the light at the end of the tunnel.

On many levels we are continuing to slide in the wrong direction [in terms of recovery] but just at a much slower pace. Now inter-state migration is picking up, it's still below 2007 levels, on a number of measures we are not moving down as quickly as we were. It seems the worst is over.

Even today, young people are are much more open about immigration, much more open about interracial marriage...We've [United States] been so successful in lots of ways, but one aspect that we have not been successful in is total integration of the different racial groups. I think that will change dramatically over the next 30 years.

We can take good advantage of our history as an immigrant nation in incorporating new people and ideas into our society and economy, which will become even more important as the economy becomes more globalized. The sky's the limit.

The key [to raising voter turnout among Hispanics] is energizing those eligible voters, getting them to register, getting them to vote.