Demographics

INSTITUTE INDEX: The eleventh-hour push to save Dreamers from deportation

By Sue Sturgis

December 7, 2017 - Young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and their supporters rallied this week in the streets and halls of Congress to call for a legislative solution to looming deportations that are deeply unpopular with the American people.

Lessons from 2017: Can Democrats retake Southern legislatures?

By Chris Kromm

November 17, 2017 - This month's elections in Georgia and Virginia showed that Democrats can make inroads in Southern state legislatures, but gerrymandering still tilts the field in favor of Republicans.

INSTITUTE INDEX: The mounting injustice of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline

By Sue Sturgis

November 17, 2017 - Opponents are petitioning FERC to reconsider the controversial project after lead developers Dominion and Duke Energy submitted thousands of pages of technical documents after the public comment period ended and failed to consider the disproportionate impacts on African-American and Native American communities.

The deepening divide between the South's blue cities and red states

By Paul Blest

November 17, 2017 - Democrats, liberal-leaning independents and a growing number of progressives lead two-thirds of the South's 30 largest cities, but their agenda is under attack from the region's conservative legislatures through preemption and other efforts to limit local control.

Meet the South's history-making winners in this year's elections

By Rebekah Barber

November 10, 2017 - A year after Donald Trump was elected president in a campaign that appealed to bigotry, voters across the South rejected the politics of division and embraced trailblazing African-American, Asian-American, Latino and LGBT candidates.

INSTITUTE INDEX: How the Puerto Rican crisis is shifting Southern politics

By Sue Sturgis

October 13, 2017 - Driven by economic pain, an exodus was already underway from Puerto Rico to the U.S. mainland before Hurricane Maria, which has intensified the out-migration. Where are Puerto Ricans heading, and how are they changing the political landscape there?

Data on South's unregistered voters show opportunities for civic engagement

By Jordan Wilkie

September 29, 2017 - In observance of National Voter Registration Day, Facing South examined voter registration data across the 13 Southern states, finding big openings for outreach and engagement among some demographic groups.

2020 CENSUS WATCH: Tracking the critical Census count

By

Chris Kromm

September 18, 2017 - 2020 Census census u.s. census bureau census count

Southern lawmakers will be key to passing the Dream Act

By Rebekah Barber

September 8, 2017 - Following President Trump's decision to phase out the Obama-era DACA program that spared from deportation undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, there's a renewed urgency to pass the federal Dream Act, which would offer them a path to citizenship — and Southern lawmakers may provide the key votes needed.

West Virginia dropped from upcoming census test, adding to accuracy concerns

By Emma Kromm

August 25, 2017 - The Census Bureau had initially planned to include the Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill area of West Virginia in its dress rehearsal for the 2020 census, but budget cuts forced it to scale back its plans. As a result, not a single Southern or rural community will be included in the full test, deepening worries about the count's accuracy.