Topic: Population

White Babies Are Now Less Than Half of All U.S. Births

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White Americans have officially passed a major — though not unexpected — milestone as they now represent less than half of all births in the United States. 

By Alexander Abad-Santos

Nov 3, 2011

Cartoon

Pac-Man Shows Us What 7 Billion Looks Like

Cartoonist Nick Anderson on the world's population. 

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