The great population growth slowdown
The pandemic has only accelerated a decline in US birth rates, even as immigration has plummeted.
Children, Coping With Loss, Are Pandemic’s ‘Forgotten Grievers’
A bipartisan group led by two former governors is urging President Biden to help an estimated 167,000 children who have lost parents or caregivers.
How Other Nations Pay for Child Care. The U.S. Is an Outlier.
Rich countries contribute an average of $14,000 per year for a toddler’s care, compared with $500 in the U.S. The Democrats’ spending bill tries to shrink the gap.
The meaning of gentrification · The New Bazaar
The big drop in American poverty during the pandemic, explained
The lesson from the past year: Poverty is a policy choice.
Time Machine: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 · Vox
Why we love drugs · Vox
Vox's Sean Illing talks with author Michael Pollan about his new book This Is Your Mind on Plants, why some societies condemn drugs that other societies condone, what will happen as the war on drugs draws to a close, and whether or not taking psychedelic drugs can improve huamnkind.
The broadband gap's dirty secret: Redlining still exists in digital form
Communities that couldn't get mortgage loans in the 1940s are the same areas without fast home internet service today. There's no easy fix.
Understanding America’s pandemic-year birth rate plummet · Axios
What Does Human Flourishing Look Like? · Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Inclusionary Zoning: Not a Cure for Exclusionary Zoning
This is a report I wrote for my housing policy course at UCLA. I’ve been interested in inclusionary zoning and its potential side effects…
How Low Can America’s Birth Rate Go Before It’s A Problem? | FiveThirtyEight
The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low in 2020 — just as it did in 2019, and 2018. Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have accelerated this decline, the …
Demographic Research - How does education change the relationship between fertility and age-dependency under environmental constraints? A long-term simulation exercise
Volume 30 (2014) - Article 16 | Pages 465–492
What's Changed — And What Hasn't — In The Year Since George Floyd Was Killed · NPR
World’s billionaires have more wealth than 4.6 billion people | Oxfam International
Analysis | America is more diverse than ever — but still segregated
The United States is on track to be a majority-minority nation by 2044. But census data show most of our neighbors are the same race.
Opinion | Should Biden Emphasize Race or Class or Both or None of the Above?
A new paper heats up an old debate.