Progress 2050

Progress 2050 is a project of the Center for American Progress that develops new ideas for an increasingly diverse America. The United States will become a nation with no clear racial or ethnic majority by the year 2050. This expected transition provides the progressive movement with an exciting opportunity to help America live up to its ideals of equality and justice for all.
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Real Diversity Requires Diverse Thinking Article
Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam, pictured above, recently put forth an interesting social theory, suggesting that America’s civic health declines in the most diverse settings. As Putnam described it, diversity makes people uncomfortable because it produces culture clashes that distract from other tasks. But isn’t that what representative democracy is all about? (Flickr/<a href=Dean Terry)" data-srcset="https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/04/rab_040511_onpage.jpg?w=610 610w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/04/rab_040511_onpage.jpg?w=610 610w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/04/rab_040511_onpage.jpg?w=610 610w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/04/rab_040511_onpage.jpg?w=500 500w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/04/rab_040511_onpage.jpg?w=250 250w" data-sizes="auto" />

Real Diversity Requires Diverse Thinking

Sam Fulwood III explores why it’s important for progressives of all colors to listen to diverse voices, including those that don’t map to majority progressive thinking.

Sam Fulwood III

Infographic: The New Demographics Article

Infographic: The New Demographics

An infographic from the Progress 2050 team examines demographic data highlighting the numerical gains communities of color have made and will continue to make in the 21st century.

Interactive Map: America’s Changing Demographics Interactive

Interactive Map: America’s Changing Demographics

Explore the changing demographics of the United States as people of color increasingly become a majority across the nation.

The People v. Wal-Mart Article
Wal-Mart shoppers use carts at a Wal-Mart store in Moutain View, California. A pay discrimination case against Wal-Mart begins today that involves by some estimates as many as 1.5 million women. (AP/Paul Sakuma)

The People v. Wal-Mart

A pay discrimination case against Wal-Mart will affect future class-action suits, writes Sam Fulwood III.

Sam Fulwood III

Liberate National Public Radio! Article

Liberate National Public Radio!

Sam Fulwood III explains why he agrees with conservatives about ending public support for NPR, albeit for different reasons.

Sam Fulwood III

Building Better Bonds with Latin America Article
Maria Carrillo, a financial consultant at El Centro in Kansas City, Kansas, consults with a client about her progress on buying a house. Results from the 2010 Census show the actual U.S. Latino population outstripped Census Bureau estimates, and this growth should be viewed as an auspicious and overdue opportunity to foster cooperation, innovation, entrepreneurship, and stronger U.S.-Latin American relations. (AP/Todd Feeback)

Building Better Bonds with Latin America

The growth of the Latino population in the United States can help foster stronger ties with the region, writes Vanessa Cardenas.

Vanessa Cárdenas

Every (Black Man) an Obama? Article

Every (Black Man) an Obama?

Sam Fulwood III examines the woeful plight of too many black men in our society today against the backdrop of the first African-American president.

Sam Fulwood III

Majority Minority Toddlers Article

Majority Minority Toddlers

Sam Fulwood III examines what conservative cuts to education will mean to our ethnically diverse three-year olds and, not coincidentally, to graying Americans’ future retirement plans.

Sam Fulwood III

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