Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in recent years.

After more than 50 years of rapid growth, the nation’s immigrant population is now in decline. In January 2025, 53.3 million immigrants lived in the United States – the largest number ever recorded.

For more than a decade, the idea of American decline has hardened into a familiar refrain. Polarised politics, institutional strain and a relentless cycle of domestic crises have made it easy to ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin For the first time in history, renewables covered all new global electricity demand in 2025, and the ...

Berlin, 10 February 2026 – Corruption is worsening globally, with even established democracies experiencing rising corruption amid a decline in leadership, according to Transparency International’s ...

The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and new federal data shows that another drop last year brought the rate down to the lowest on record.

USDA projects net farm income will slip lower in 2026 and remain roughly $48 billion (24%) below the record highs reached in 2022, underscoring a generational downturn in the farm economy. Strength in ...

The US trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025, a year in which President Trump upended global commerce by slapping double digit tariffs on imports from most countries. But the gap in the trade of ...

As recently as 2009, the scolds were still warning us about a world with too many Americans. The Census Bureau then predicted a U.S. population of 400 million by 2050, with an expected 2025 population ...