America By The Numbers

Name: America By The Numbers
Released: 2014-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Maria Hinojosa

TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa takes a look at power and politics, tracking new voters that are getting engaged in the political process and exerting influence in towns across this nation. This program presents surprising numbers and the gripping real-life stories behind population change, demonstrating how demography becomes destiny for politics in the 2016 election and beyond.

2014 · 26m

Starring Maria Hinojosa

Mainstream, USA

Examine how Clarkston, Georgia’s daily realities reflect wider demographic trends, and explore the collaborations and collisions between the old and new South.
Island of Warriors

The people of Guam, a U.S. territory, are American citizens and serve in our military at a rate three times higher than the rest of the country. Learn why the island’s returning veterans say they can’t get the healthcare they need.
Our Private Idaho

Visit Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, a town that successfully ousted the Aryan Nations in 2000, but remains more than 94 percent white. Explore the allure and complexity of living in a homogeneous community.
Native American Boomtown

In North Dakota, Fort Berthold Reservation’s 1,000-plus oil wells have brought in money and jobs for some, but oil has also brought danger and other problems. Tribal members speak about the benefits and consequences of the boom.
Politics of the New South

A look at Clarkston, Georgia, home to over 40 nationalities, and the 2013 local elections–with three former refugees on the ballot. View the impact that democracy and citizenship has on immigrants and the South’s new residents.
Pass or Fail in Cambodia Town

Asian Americans are the best-educated and highest-income ethnic group in the United States, but Southeast Asian Americans have some of the lowest high school completion rates. Learn about this educational crisis.