Trump official’s directive tying transportation grants to birth rates could hinder blue states
U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, a Maryland Democrat, said he feared Duffy’s directives would harm some grants already announced — ...
The Lancet4h
PEPFAR under review: what's at stake for PEPFAR's future
The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) faces a pivotal moment, confronting one of its most challenging periods since its launch in 2003. The new policy priorities of the ...
DNA barcodes and citizen science images map spread of biocontrol agent for control of major invasive shrub
New CABI-led research using publicly-shared DNA barcodes and citizen science images have provided new evidence on the establishment and spread of a biological control agent used for the control of the ...
TASS9h
Estimated 1.5 million Ukrainian children reside abroad — statistics
The Ukrainian Institute of the Future estimates that the country’s population, which stood at 48.5 million people in 2001, shrunk to 29 million by 2023 ...
Climate risk will take trillion-dollar bite out of America's real estate, report finds
Americans are likely to continue moving to areas with risky climates, even as other places are abandoned, and more resilient ...
Who are immigrants to the US, where do they come from and where do they live?
In 2023, approximately 51 million foreign-born people lived in the United States. Almost three-quarters were in the country ...
Migration Is Remaking Our World — and We Don’t Yet Understand It
The admonition that we must remember the past to avoid repeating it has always struck me as strange. If human history teaches ...
Pew Research Center9d
Comparing Levels of Religious Nationalism Around the World
We asked people in three dozen countries how they see religion's role in society, government and national identity.
Looking to a Time When Most of the World’s Babies Will Be African
Forecasts suggest that by 2100, a majority of the world’s babies will be African, leading to predictions of an African ...
Need to boost population? Encourage dads to step up at home: Research finds link between fertility rates, gender roles
Fertility rates have fallen everywhere outside of sub-Saharan Africa. And they have fallen faster, and dropped even further, ...
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Facts About the U.S. Black Population
The Black population of the United States is growing. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since ...