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America’s white population shrinks for the first time as nation ages - Note...
Reid Wilson, msn.comuncaptioned image from articleThe number of non-Hispanic white people in the United States decreased for the first time in the nation's history between 2015 and 2016, according to...
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Birth tourism brings Russian baby boom to Miami - Note for a discussion, "E...
Cynthia McFadden, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Tracy Connor and Anna R. Schecter, nbcnews.com, Jan.09.2018; article contains videos and imagesImage from, under the heading: "Birth tourism brings Russian baby...
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Where Migrant Children Are Being Held Across the U.S.
By SARAH ALMUKHTAR, JUGAL K. PATEL, DEREK WATKINS and KAREN YOURISH, New York Times, June 21, 2018[pink] States with shelters [brown] Locations of known sheltersThe more than 2,300 children who were...
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Beyond Trump’s separation of migrant families lies a real border crisis that...
David Nakamura, "Beyond Trump’s separation of migrant families lies a real border crisis that is proving bigger than the presidency" -- The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter’s insights,...
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Looking for work? From San Jose to Charleston, these are the 10 best markets...
Charisse Jones, USA TODAY(Photo: AP)Unemployment reached an 18-year low last month, slipping to 3.8%. But for those who are still searching, some cities have better prospects than others.That's the...
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Our Real Immigration Problem
Bret Stephens, New York Times, June 21; original article contains linksImage from article, with caption: New American citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles in March.I prefer the window...
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How Britain Lost Its Power of Seduction
Aatish Taseer, New York Times, June 22Excerpt:As an unapologetic “anywhere,” I am in the grip of a nostalgia of my own. I find myself composing an elegy for that brief interregnum when Britain had...
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‘Get so close — and nothing happens’: Congress’s record on immigration is...
Paul Kane, Washington Post, June 23Image from article, with caption: People gather at Saint Mark Catholic Church for a solidarity with migrants vigil, Thursday, June 21, 2018 in El Paso, Texas.In...
View ArticleSan Francisco is the worst US city for you to retire in. Here's why
Darla Mercado, CNBC, USA TODAYCome to San Francisco for the scenery, just don't plan on retiring there.That's because it's the worst city in the country to retire if you'd like to keep more of your...
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'Flawed, goofy' plan to split California into 3 states needs to win over...
Samuel Metz, Palm Springs Desert Sun, USA TODAY image from articlePALM SPRINGS, Calif. — In Silicon Valley, entrepreneurs have heralded innovations like smartphones and car-sharing. Now, Tim Draper,...
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Does American ‘Tribalism’ End in a Compromise, or a Fight? - Note for a...
"First Words" column by Laila Lalami, New York Timesimage from articleEarly in June, the valedictorian at Bell County High School in southeastern Kentucky delivered a graduation speech filled with...
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White America’s Age-Old, Misguided Obsession With Civility - Note for a...
By Thomas J. Sugrue, New York Times, June 29, 2018Mr. Sugrue is a professor of history and social and cultural analysis and author.Image from article, with caption: 1n 1963 the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther...
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Death on foot: America's love of SUVs is killing pedestrians
usatoday.comEric D. Lawrence, Nathan Bomey and Kristi Tanner, Detroit Free Press/USA TODAY NETWORKPublished 12:18 p.m. ET June 28, 2018 | Updated 3:30 p.m. ET June 29, 2018(Photo: Robert...
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The Most Popular Spectator Sports Worldwide
Via Linkedin; JB comment: Am not sure what's the most popular sport in Mongolia from this graphic ...
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Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
Greg Woolf, 'Rome: A History in Seven Sackings’ Review: The City That Survived,'Wall Street JournalBritish novelist Matthew Kneale presents the biography of Rome as a tale of disaster. [***]Image from...
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America’s Decline Never Seems to Arrive - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Our institutions show an unrivaled capacity for weathering disruptive change.image (not from article) fromBy Walter Russell Mead, July 2, 2018 7:07 p.m. ET, Wall Street JournalThis year’s Independence...
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The Legacy of Monticello’s Black First Family - Note for a discussion, "E...
Brent Staples, New York Times; article contains links and additional illustrations; JB: the 100+ comments to this article -- dare I say more interesting than the article itself -- are intriguing...
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15 Population migration patterns: US cities Americans are abandoning
Michael B. Sauter, 24/7 Wall Street, USA TODAY(Photo: imagixian / iStock)Each year, roughly 40 million Americans, or about 14% of the U.S. population, move at least once.Much of that movement includes...
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Let’s Celebrate the 14th Amendment - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
By Amanda Bellows, New York Times Dr. Bellows is a historian.July 8, 2018Image from articleWhy are some events forgotten while others loom large in national memory? The Civil War, the deadliest...
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