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Eyes on Youth
From university youth to behind-the-scenes campaign staffers, from activists to candidates, young people are at work shaping their world. What drives them? What are their hopes and aspirations? In this weekly series, VOA reporters look at the issues affecting young people today.

Immigration - - The Changing Face of America 2005
A series of articles (text and audio) discusses the impact of immigrants on U.S. society and attitudes toward immigration, and profiles the diverse immigrant communities across the United States.

Diversity Spreads Out: Metropolitan Shifts in Hispanic, Asian, and Black Populations Since 2000
The Brookings Institution, March 2006

New Marriages, New Families: U.S. Racial and Hispanic Intermarriage (PDF 593k)
Population Reference Bureau, June 2005

Marriage and Family in a Multiracial Society
Russell Sage Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau, December 2004
(excerpt of a report)

Immigration and a Changing America
Russell Sage Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau, November 2004
(excerpt of a report)

The Lives and Times of the Baby Boomers
Russell Sage Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau, October 2004
(excerpt of a report)

Immigration and Fading Color Lines in America
Russell Sage Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau, July 2004
(excerpt of a report)

U.S. Growing Bigger, Older, and More Diverse
Population Reference Bureau, April 2004

Population: A Lively Introduction (PDF 260k)
Population Reference Bureau, December 2003

Politics and Science in Census Taking
Russell Sage Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau, October 2003
(excerpt of a report)

Changing Faces: Immigrants and Diversity in the Twenty-First Century (PDF)
Brookings Institution, June 2003. This is chapter 7 of Agenda for A Nation, published in 2003 by Brookings Institution

Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America (PDF 369k)
Population Reference Bureau, June 2003

Now That I’m Here: What America’s Immigrants Have to Say about Life in the U.S. Today
Public Agenda, January 2003