Oct 19 India’s Growth Held Back by Overpopulation The population gap between rising economic powers India and Brazil is on display in the countries' largest cities. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch Bloomberg Kicks Off New Effort to Empower Black, Latino Men New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a $127 million, three-year plan to coordinate city agencies and efforts with a goal of reducing disparities between young black and Latino men and the rest of the population. Jeffrey Brown discusses the… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch China Struggles With Health Care Reform Amid Growing Demand Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from China on the country's efforts to improve health care for its population, the world's largest. Continue watching
Mar 29 Tool$ Tuesday: How States Size Up By Elizabeth Shell According to the U.S. Census Bureau the nation grew almost ten percent over the last decade -- from 281.4 million in 2000 to 308.7 million in 2010. The country's racial mix has shifted too. The number of people that… Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch Census Data Show Hispanic Boom; Blacks Leave Cities for South, Suburbs New census data on race and migration released this week show minorities accounted for 90 percent of the growth in the U.S. during the past decade. Ray Suarez discusses the new numbers with the Brookings Institution's William Frey, author Isabel… Continue watching
Mar 23 Detroit’s Population Decline: 1 Person Departed Every 22 Minutes By Lauren Knapp Tuesday's release of the 2010 census data showed a dramatic decline in Detroit's population. Over the past 10 years, the city lost a quarter of its residents, bringing it down to a size similar to the pre-auto boom numbers… Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch As Bangladesh’s Population Grows, Slum Dwellers Struggle For Clean Water Access Special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports on an innovative approach for getting water to slum dwellers in Bangladesh. The report is the latest in a series on global population issues in collaboration with National Geographic magazine and the Pulitzer Center on… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch In India’s Crowded Capital, Crisis Looms Over Limited Water In the first report of a year-long partnership with National Geographic magazine examining population issues, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from New Delhi, where rapid and unplanned population growth is exacerbating a shortage of water. Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch Census: U.S. West’s Population Overtakes Midwest’s New Census numbers out Tuesday show that the U.S. population has grown to 308.7 million, but the rate of growth has slowed in the past decade. Census Director Robert Groves goes over the numbers with Judy Woodruff. Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch New Census Data to Shape Future Elections New Census figures reveal a growing U.S. population and changes to congressional districts around the country. Judy Woodruff discusses the new numbers' role in redistricting the electoral map with David Chalian and Stuart Rothenberg. Continue watching