Predictors of America's future fall into two camps: the extrapolators and the leapers. The extrapolators take what exists and slowly turn the dial in order to learn what's next. The leapers posit a ...

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When you think of farming in America, the first things that come to mind are probably picturesque golden cornfields, or dairy farmers rising at the crack of dawn to milk their cows. But, according to ...

When asked to write about the shape of American democracy in 2050, my impulse was to go grim. Our dystopian present is not lacking in democracy-warping horrors—global warming, rising authoritarianism, ...

Does it matter who was the 300 millionth "American"? Indeed, it does. If it was a baby born to an American, that is wonderful news. If it was a baby born to an illegal alien, it means we have lost ...

America’s future is bright, according to our guest writer and researcher JOEL KOTKIN. He says that from in the next fifty years, the U.S. will add another 100 million people to its population and with ...

Many of America’s richest and most populated coastal cities are slowly sinking and scientists say the situation could turn into a full-blown crisis within the next 25 years. A new report from the ...

WASHINGTON DC – The water infrastructure of the U.S. was one of the topics on tap at this year’s America 2050 summit, convened in May by the Regional Plan Association. The related report examined “new ...

Regardless, in 2050 I predict that the political situation in the USA will look nothing like it does today. My hope is that our current era will be looked upon as a ridiculous hiccup in our democracy, ...