21st Century America Project

For years the team at NDN/NPI has been a leader in helping policymakers better understand the changing demographics of the United States. We are excited to announce that we are bringing our demographic and public opinion research together under a single banner: The 21st Century America Project. The project will feature work by Morley Winograd and Mike Hais, NDN/NPI Fellows, authors of the critically acclaimed book Millenial Makeover; Alicia Menendez, our new Senior Advisor, who has extensive experience working in these emergent communities; and other NDN/NPI Fellows and collaborators.

Below, please find some of the highlights of our past work on 21st Century America:

2010 Highlights

A Continued Look at the Changing Coalitions of 21st Century America, Poll and Presentation, by Mike Hais and Morley Winograd

Hispanics Rising 2010

The American Electorate of the 21st Century, Poll and Presentation, by Mike Hais and Morley Winograd

Millennial Makeover, a blog by Mike Hais and Morley Winograd

Data Matters Columns, a blog by Mike Hais

2009 Highlights

The Drop Dobbs Campaign

The Anti Vitter-Bennett Amendment Campaign

The New Constituents: How Latinos Will Shape Congressional Apportionment After the 2010 Census, by Andres Ramirez

NDN Backgrounder: Census 2010, Immigration Status and Reapportionment, by Andres Ramirez

Latino Vote in 2008, by Andres Ramirez

2008 Highlights

End of the Southern Strategy, by Simon Rosenberg

Hispanics Rising II

2007 Highlights

The 50 Year Strategy, by Simon Rosenberg and Peter Leyden in Mother Jones

Another Ridiculous Arizona Law:

Submitted by Kristian Ramos on 5/13/10

Not to be outdone by the Arizona state Senate, the state House recently passed HB-2281, legislation that outlaws public and charter schools from teaching ethnic studies programs. Text from HB-2281 is below; the full legislation can be read here:

15-112. Prohibited Courses and Classes: Enforcement

A. A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL IN THIS STATE SHALL NOT INCLUDE IN ITS PROGRAM OF   INSTRUCTION ANY COURSES OR CLASSES THAT EITHER:

        1. ARE DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR PUPILS OF A PARTICULAR ETHNIC GROUP.

        2. ADVOCATE ETHNIC SOLIDARITY INSTEAD OF THE TREATMENT OF PUPILS AS INDIVIDUALS.

B. IF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DETERMINES THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL IS IN VIOLATION OF SUBSECTION A, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SHALL NOTIFY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL THAT THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF SUBSECTION A. IF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DETERMINES THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH SUBSECTION A WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER A NOTICE HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MAY DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO WITHHOLD UP TO TEN PER CENT OF THE MONTHLY APPORTIONMENT OF STATE AID THAT WOULD BE OTHER WISE DUE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL.

Reaction to the law is below:

The Nation: Sees this as another reason to boycott the D-Backs, and move the MLB All Star game out of Arizona.

The Los Angeles Times: Has a piece up that gives a fairly detailed outline of what is in the legislation.

KGUN 9 ABC AZ Affiliate: Condemnation of SB-1070 and HB-2281 has gone international. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a statement expressing serious concern over laws recently enacted by Arizona.

Fox 11 AZ Affiliate: Has video up of students from the Tucson Unified School Districts protesting the enactment of HB-2281.

Arizona Republic: Despite being openly critical of the ethnic studies programs taught in Tucson the Arizona Republic has an op-ed up condemning HB-2281.

The Washington Post: Is not a fan of the legislation, and does a good job of outlining the political ramifications of the passage of the bill.

Immigration Roundup

Submitted by Kristian Ramos on 5/12/10

Introductions:

Hello all, I am just starting up here at NDN, I do research on immigration and Hispanic demographics. I am a native Arizonan and am passionate about all things immigration related. Please check back here for news and commentary on immigration and Hispanic demographics.

Immigration Roundup:

University of Arizona Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy: Arizona currently facing a $3 billion state budget deficit, stands to lose an addional $29 billion in economic output.

AP: Phoenix alone is projected to lose close to $ 90 million on SB1070.

ABC KGUN-9: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials note that with or without SB1070 giving local law enforcement officials the authority to arrest immigrants because they are in the country illegally, Undocumented Immigrants have always had to be turned over to federal authorities.

Arizona Republic: While the Arizona State Legislature has focused on allowing local law enforcement officials to arrest undocumented immigrants, the ability to track immigration visa overstays continues to be a failure. As many as 5.5 million immigrants enter the country legally but do not leave after their visa's expire.

New York Times: A little background information on Russell Pearce, the Arizona state Senator who sponsored SB1070.

AP: And some information on the man who actually wrote the legislation, Washington D.C. Republican Federation of American Immigration Reform (FAIR) lobbyist Kris Kobach.

Seattle Times: Senator Robert Menendez has called on Major League Baseball players to boycott the 2011 All Star Game as long as it is held in Arizona.

CBS News: Calfornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenager has a sense of humor.

Opposing Views: Chuck D, of the rap group Public Enemy on SB1070. He is not a fan.

Los Angeles Times: The Obama administration continues to tip toe around legislative action on immigration reform...

Derechos Humanos: And in Arizona, as the summer heat begins to pick up, 86 immigrants have died in the desert as they attempt to enter the country.

NDN's Alicia Menendez on Arizona's Immigration Law-Fox News' "America's Newsroom"

Submitted by Hilary Ashford-Ng on 5/4/10

Alicia appeared on Fox News yesterday discussing Arizona's Immigration law, and what it could mean for the rest of the country. Watch this clip below if you missed it.

Mike and Morley

21st Century America Project

Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais are co-authors of Millennial Momentum: How a New Generation is Remaking America (Rutgers University Press, September, 2011). It describes how the Millennial Generation will change the way America lives and learns, works and plays, votes and governs itself. Their previous book, Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics (Rutgers University Press, 2008), was named a New York Times favorite book. They are also fellows with NDN and the New Policy Institute.

Morley Winograd is a Senior Fellow at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School’s Center on Communication Leadership and Policy. He served as senior policy advisor to Vice President Al Gore and director of the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR) from December 1, 1997 until January 20, 2001. Winograd also co-authored (with Dudley Buffa) Taking Control: Politics in the Information Age (Holt, 1996). He resides in Los Angeles.

Michael D. Hais served for a decade as Vice President, Entertainment Research and for more than 22 years overall at Frank N. Magid Associates where he conducted audience research for hundreds of television stations, cable channels, and program producers in nearly all 50 states and more than a dozen foreign countries. Prior to joining Magid in 1983, Hais was a political pollster for Democrats in Michigan and an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Detroit. He resides in Los Angeles and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.