Amid a pandemic and a recession, Americans go on a near-record homebuying spree
The number of American homeowners increased by an estimated 2.1 million over the past year, according to the Census Bureau.
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The number of American homeowners increased by an estimated 2.1 million over the past year, according to the Census Bureau.
Focus groups held across the two nations reveal the degree to which Americans and Britons see common challenges to local and national identity.
The U.S. Hispanic population reached 57 million in 2015, but a drop-off in immigration from Latin America and a declining birth rate among Hispanic women has curbed overall growth of the population and slowed the dispersion of Hispanics through the U.S.
The American middle class is losing ground in metropolitan areas across the country, affecting communities from Boston to Seattle and from Dallas to Milwaukee.
New research finds that living near where there are jobs significantly reduces the amount of time it takes unemployed jobseekers to find work, and that the effect is especially significant for blacks, women and older workers.
More than half of House Republicans who wanted to use the appropriations process to de-fund the Affordable Care Act are from the South.
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