- Part of The Next America's mission is to create ongoing conversations around topics related to racial demographics and how it affects facets of U.S. politics and policy. To foster that conversation, we regularly publish op-ed contributions by various thought leaders, writers, advocates, experts and policymakers.Some topics made a bigger splash than others, but all were key to helping The Next America staff explore topics from education to workforce to immigration to the economy.Below is a collection of some contributions that have made the biggest splash.
Some Like It Hot: Hispanics and the American Melting Pot
As the number and influence of Hispanics in the U.S. has steadily increased in recent decades, they have been celebrated and derided, wel...- By Guy Garcia, an author and contributor to the Huffington Post.
America's New Swing Region
The U.S. is experiencing a period of rapid demographic change. Nowhere is the speed of change more rapid than in the Mountain West, inclu...- By Ruy Texieria, a senior fellow at both the Century Foundation and the Center for American Progress.
Will 2012 be the Last Hurrah for Whites?
We reached an important tipping point in May when Census Bureau statistics revealed that, for the first time, whites represented a minori...- By William H. Frey, demographer and senior fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program of the Brookings Institution.
Why California's Bid to Legalize Undocumented Immigrants Works
State immigration laws usually offer more enforcement, rules, and regulations that exacerbate the effects of our already-restrictive immi...- By Alex Nowrasteh, immigration-policy analyst at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity.
Opinion: In Defense of an English-Only Policy in the U.S.
Around the world, English is the default language for just about anyone attempting to communicate with someone from another country. Davi...- By David G. Arredondo, vice chairman of the Lorain County, Ohio, Republican Party
Opinion: In Tackling Immigration, State Economies Hit the Turf
Immigration may have become a political football, but Charles Hall has another football metaphor in mind when he talks about the skilled ...- By Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum
Opinion: Women, Minorities, and Millennials Will Determine America's Next Civic Ethos
Opinions and other statements expressed by Perspectives contributors are theirs alone, not National Journal's. Content created by third-p...- By Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais, coauthors of two books on the Millennial Genergation and fellows at NDN and the New Policy Institute.Their op-ed inspired a rebuttal by Trey Ditto, CEO of Ditto Public Affairs:
Opinion: A Closer Look at America's Problems, Solutions, and Political PartiesOpinions and other statements expressed by Perspectives contributors are theirs alone, not National Journal's. Content created by third-p...- Editor's Note: Compilation was created based a combination of social media impact, number of comments, page views and other internal data metrics.
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