“Why Minority Births Now Outnumber White Births”
Births among minority groups, mainly Latinos, now outnumber births among whites – a result of immigration and birth rates.
Category: Society & culture
“Supreme Court mostly rejects Arizona immigration law; gov says ‘heart’ remains”
In June 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that key parts of Arizona’s strict 2010 immigration law were unconstitutional. Still, Gov. Jan Brewer noted that the decision left intact one of the law’s most important provisions: that police have the right to check a person’s immigration status in the course of enforcing other laws.
“Americans More Positive About Immigration”
A Gallup poll released in June 2012 found Americans a bit more positive about immigration than in the recent past.
“Stateline Headlines: Immigration”
The Pew Center on the States’ Stateline website tracks immigration news at the state level.
“New ad pits African-Americans against immigrants”
See an Oct. 3, 2012, video and story at TheHill.com about an ad that appears to pit African-Americans against immigrants.
“Boy at Home in U.S., Swayed by One Who Wasn’t”
Read a New York Times story on the two brothers and what may have led them to abandon fairly normal lives for acts of terrorism.
“The Boston Bombing Suspects Were Reared by Both Chechnya and America”
Read an April 19, 2013 article in the New Republic about the influences on the Boston Marathon bombers.
“The Mind of a Terror Suspect”
Read an April 19, 2013 New York Times article by columnist Charles Blow on the trail of clues the brothers left behind.
“The Story Behind the Bombers”
Read an April 19, 2013 Daily Beast’s article that explores what may have motivated the Tsarnaev brothers to bomb the Boston Marathon.