Graham Thomas

Former refugee Birendra Dhakal and his citizenship class

America will become majority-minority in 2043 — but in many ways that new America has already arrived

October 3, 2014Global Politics

America is changing, with cities becoming increasingly majority minority — a status the country will attain in the next few decades. But as America changes, uncomfortable fault lines are being put on display.

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