Single Parent Households: Economic as Well as Racial Dimensions
Black kids in the U.S. are in deep trouble. Barack Obama reminded us of that…
June 30, 2008
Bobbi Bowman
U.S. Census Data: Who’s Counted and Why It Matters
By Bobbi BowmanMore important than how the U.S. Census does the 2010 Census count is…
April 10, 2008
The ‘Ooze News’ behind the Numbers
Have you looked at the ooze news lately?I'm not talking about "On the sidewalk, one…
January 14, 2008
Burns’ Latest Lacking Part of the Story
Ken Burns captured so much of World War II in his TV documentary, “The War.”…
October 4, 2007
Fall Semester: a Season of Changing Colors
Here’s a back-to-school idea that’s kind of back to the future.The census bureau reports that…
September 12, 2007
The Forgotten: When People Become Symbols
A cluster of U.S. soldiers struggles to hoist Old Glory on a Pacific-island mountaintop in…
May 9, 2007
Immigration: A Better Story than You Thought
Correction appended. The political debate over immigration oscillates between barely audible and bellicose. But immigrants…
January 2, 2007
The Best Story of Our Lives
If you like telling stories, spinning yarns, crafting narratives, then you should love demographics --…
September 28, 2006