Claims that recent immigrants do not assimilate are challenged by research showing they often achieve strong economic mobility and social integration at rates higher than earlier immigrant waves. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/06/23/world/assimilate-go-home-crowd-lesson/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #immigration #donaldtrump #tommytuberville #alabama #uscensusbureau #haiti #norway #republicanparty #democraticparty #useconomy #uscitizenship
The U.S. ‘assimilate or go home’ crowd could use a history lesson

Recent immigrants also match or outperform earlier generations in noneconomic integration metrics.

The Japan Times

Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy, population declines as young people say "I am outta here" and older people are dying off without new children to replace them.

> Appalachia’s Coalfields: The Projections Are Becoming Reality https://dailyyonder.com/appalachias-coalfields-the-projections-are-becoming-reality/2026/06/09/

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Appalachia’s Coalfields: The Projections Are Becoming Reality

Editor's Note: The population data in this article is preliminary. The author downloaded the U.S. Census Bureau’s full Vintage 2025 Population Estimates

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Remote work has settled into a post-pandemic norm, with many people continuing to work from home and reshaping the economic geography of cities and suburbs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/06/08/world/great-shift-to-remote-work/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #uscensusbureau #wfhresearch #covid19 #jobs #remotework
The great shift to remote work has entered a new normal

The share of U.S. workers doing their jobs primarily at home was 2.3 times higher in 2024 than in 2019.

The Japan Times

Houston gained approximately 43,000 new residents between 2023 and 2024, with its increase ranking second only to New York City, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The nearby suburb of Fulshear ranked second nationally in growth by percentage.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/05/16/521610/houston-ranks-second-for-population-growth-in-u-s-according-to-census-data/

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Houston ranked second for population growth in U.S. in 2024, according to Census data

Fulshear, a suburb southwest of Houston in Fort Bend County, ranked second nationally in growth by percentage.

Houston Public Media
Most of Harris County’s population growth last year came from international migration, Census data shows

Ninety-six percent of Harris County's growth came from international migration, according to Bill King, the public finance fellow for the Baker Institute. But he said such growth could be stunted under the administration of President Donald Trump.

Houston Public Media
Liberty and Montgomery counties among fastest-growing in nation

According to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the counties north of Houston ranked sixth and seventh among the nation’s fastest-growing counties by percentage. 

Houston Public Media