u.s. census
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More than 100 U.S. Politicians Have Ancestral Ties To Slavery, New Report Reveals
A new Reuters investigation shows how many U.S. leaders are descendants of slaveholders.
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The 2020 Census Is Critical for Black People. Here's Why We Need to 'Make Black Count'
“People are aware of the power of the numbers and they also are aware that this country is with every tick of the clock, is becoming browner and browner. So there’s this death grip really on the status quo and the whiteness of America that is fading and disappearing with every tick up the clock.”…
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Study Projects That Black Americans Will Be Twice as Likely as Whites Not to Participate in 2020 Census
According to a new report, black Americans are much less likely to participate in the upcoming 2020 census, and if you think the NAACP is about to let that happen, you’re in for a rude awakening. From Huffington Post: Black Americans are roughly twice as likely as their white counterparts to express doubts about participating…
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Federal Judge Rules New Evidence of Race and Partisan Bias in Citizenship Question Issue Deserves a 2nd Look
A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday ruled there is enough new evidence to suggest the need to reconsider whether the Trump administration conspired to disenfranchise minorities and Democrats when it moved to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. U.S. District Court Judge George Hazel had already ruled against the citizenship question earlier…
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Just What We Suspected: Push for Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Is About Favoring Whites and Republicans
Virtual messages from the grave prove that the Trump administration’s push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census has indeed been a craven ploy to benefit Republicans and “non-Hispanic whites.” That’s according to lawyers for those making a court challenge to the addition of the question to the census, according to the Washington…
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US Supreme Court to Weigh In on Whether Census Can Ask Citizenship Status
It’s funny how the “construction” of the U.S. Constitution only really seems to matter to conservatives when said construct conforms to a belief near and dear to their hearts. Like, let’s say, the Second Amendment, and what it has to say about guns. So-called constructionists and gun advocates often argue that any changes to law…
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Trump Dismisses Census as 'Meaningless' Without Citizenship Question
Every ten years, this sorta kinda important thing called the U.S. Constitution mandates that we take a head count of every resident in the United States—yes, even our exes. So, with the 2020 Census around the corner, now would be an opportune time to reiterate its importance. How congressional seats are allocated? That’s determined by…