Opinion | The Fear That Is Shaping American Politics
April 7, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET Credit...Erin Schaff for The New York Times Why is the Republican Party so determined to constrain the franchise? One answer is provided by the changing demographics of the children in the nation’s public schools, a leading indicator of shifts in the racial and ethnic makeup of the country. The percentage of public school students who were white was 64.8 percent in 1995, and this percentage dropped below 50 percent in 2014 (to 49.5 percent). N.C.E.S. projects that in 2029, White students will make up 43.8 percent of public school enrollment. The changing racial a...