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Keeping up with the breaking news in demography

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Drought in Africa; Corn Surplus in the US

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This week brought two startling contrasts in stories about food. In the Horn of Africa, the worst drought in 60 years has put an estimated ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Did the 2010 Census Really Undercount City Populations?

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Despite the worldwide concern about population growth, local officials never want to be living in a place whose population is declining. It ...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Anti-Immigration Legislation Bubbling Through the South

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There seem to be two parallel state-level legislative agendas in play at the moment in the United States. One is aimed at restricting access...
Monday, June 27, 2011

Populations at Risk Throughout the US

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The Associated Press today released a rather startling report showing the increase in the American population living near nuclear power pla...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

A New Twist on the "Real" Causes of Death

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As I note in Chapter 5 of the text, there have been widely circulated studies of the "real" causes of death, by which the research...
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I am Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and Director of the International Population Center at San Diego State University.
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