America's population decline?

Bloomberg -   If the US has one enduring advantage, it’s the ability to draw talent and grow its population. For years, the country largely sidestepped demographic anxiety: As recently as 2023, the Census Bureau projected the first population decline wouldn’t come until 2081. That assumption is eroding fast. As Trump’s immigration crackdown drives net migration down, new research suggests the US could see its first-ever population decline as soon as this year. Trump argues fewer immigrants mean lower costs and more opportunity for native-born workers, Shawn Donann writes, but many economists are unconvinced. 

The effects of population decline on the US economy are likely to be corrosive rather than immediate — a pattern America has seen before. Cover-ups like the Army’s handling of the My Lai massacre in 1969 or the government surveillance exposed by Edward Snowden in 2013 can leave lasting damage on a democracy if accountability never follows, says filmmaker Laura Poitras, whose latest film, Cover-Up, profiles investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. Mishal Husain spoke to Poitras about mass surveillance, her experience on a terrorist watch list, and the ICE shootings in Minneapolis.