THE NEXT AMERICA

Diversity Takes Root

A spring supplement to the National Journal.

Updated: May 25, 2012 | 3:45 p.m.
May 24, 2012 | 1:12 p.m.

Diversity is reshaping places unfamiliar with it. That's creating collisions--but also connections like those between Iowa farmer Priscilla Sliwa and a Guatemalan family she's befriended in Decorah, Iowa. (Ralf-Finn Hestoft)

Diversity is reshaping places unfamiliar with it. That's creating collisions--but also connections like those between Iowa farmer Priscilla Sliwa and a Guatemalan family she embraces in Decorah, Iowa.

FROM THE EDITOR
Our Diverse Future: Virtually every issue facing U.S. society promises to be affected by deep currents of change—changes illuminated by significant demographic shifts between the young and the old. That’s what this inaugural special edition is about.

The Future Has Arrived
Cover Story
The Future Has Arrived
By Maribel Hastings
Jason Chaffetz
Profile
Seen, Not Heard in Utah
By Shane Goldmacher
Who is an American
Essay
Who Is an American?
By Peter Schrag
Mitt Romney
The Politics of Change
Diversity's Limits
By Ronald Brownstein

OF RELATED INTEREST
GALLERY: Migrating Beyond City Limits to Rural Iowa
Interactions grow diverse in towns like Decorah, Marshalltown and Postville.

VIEWPOINT: Charlotte: Growing City, Growing Issues
The director of North Carolina's Latin American Coalition describes challenges to integration in Charlotte.

INTERACTIVE: Mapping Migration
See two views of population trends as Hispanics pack the West but are increasing fastest in the East.

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What is Next America?
Virtually every issue the United States contends with promises to be affected by deep currents of change illuminated by demographic shifts. With The Next America, National Journal unveils an unprecedented effort to explore the significant political, economic and social impact of profound racial and cultural changes.

The initiative includes polls, national and local events with thought leaders, magazine supplements and launch of a full website May 1.


The Story That Started It All

In 2010, Ronald Brownstein wrote The Gray and the Brown: A Generational Mismatch about America’s shift to an older, more ethnically diverse population and how these changes affect us as a nation.