An empty room in a hospital maternity ward in Mississippi is seen on Oct. 11, 2012. Contributing columnist Abby McCloskey writes that the coming demographic collapse will raise the stakes for ...

Before a collapse in Georgia’s rural counties population, a decade of drops in per capita income lay the foundation for future trouble. Rural Georgia’s current demographic implosion didn’t happen ...

The world's population is still growing, yet beneath these global statistics lies a different reality for dozens of countries. While regions like sub-Saharan Africa face booming populations, several ...

Vietnam’s leadership has announced double-digit GDP target growth rates. But a combination of a weak private sector, geopolitical tensions hampering export-oriented growth and climate change are ...

Japan recently broke from its G7 siblings and upheld its ban on same-sex marriage. The Tokyo court affirmed the nation's civil code limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples. It was the first and only ...