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US Birth Rates Continue to Fall as Millennials Put Off Having Kids

May 21, 2020May 20, 2020 Admin

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Birth rates in the United States continue to fall as millennials put off having kids, and experts warn that coronavirus could make people less likely to have children.

Federal figures released Wednesday show that women in the U.S. had babies record-low rates in 2019, causing the number of U.S. births to reach the smallest number in 35 years, the Wall Street Journal reports. The data demonstrates that birth rates in the U.S. have not rebounded since the 2007-2009 recession when childbearing began declining.

One-in-Three Millennials See Communism as Favorable, Survey Finds

October 29, 2019October 28, 2019 Admin

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A growing number of Millennials show support for communism and socialism, a survey from the Victims of Communism found.

Commentary: Immigration Has Made 14 Million Millennials Homeless

August 17, 2019August 16, 2019 Admin

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Imagine a homeless man. Does he have a long, frazzled beard and unkempt hair? What do his clothes look like? Probably ratty and full of holes—moth nests in the pockets. Maybe he has a shopping cart full of cans and a mangy dog named “Rusty.”

Commentary: Pulling Young Americans Back From the Brink

December 22, 2018December 22, 2018 Admin

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by Daniel Davis During the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton often delivered the line: “America is great, because she is good.” It was a feel-good line, deployed then as code for “America is too good to elect Donald Trump.” Notwithstanding the thick irony of Clinton claiming to be the virtuous…

Federal Report Says Millennials Are Poorer Than Other Generations

December 16, 2018December 15, 2018 Admin

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by Ryan McMaken One of the challenges in looking at income and wealth data is getting a sense of how different demographic groups are affected. It’s relatively easy to find median income and wealth data over time for the entire population, for example. But then problems of interpretation immediately…

Half of Young Americans Believe US is ‘Racist’ and ‘Sexist,’ Survey Finds

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 Admin

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by Troy Worden A basic knowledge of civics and belief in American exceptionalism are in startling decline among younger Americans, a new report suggests. About half of those surveyed under age 38 said they view the United States as a “sexist” or “racist” nation. More than 4 out of…