New fuel was recently added to the fire of American online outrage when the restaurant chain Cracker Barrel put a vegan sausage option on its menu.

As more detailed census data comes out, there is an increasingly clear picture of US demographics. One finding with significant political implications is the continuing trend of a declining white population in the country.

The World Economic Forum last week released a report showing that global progress toward gender parity has largely stalled. The WEF report and other analyses suggest that the pandemic threw obstacles in the path toward gender parity, though the effects vary significantly by country.