Census may lose 'Negro' by 2020
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Census Bureau is considering removing the term Negro from its form by 2020...
Census: Whites no longer majority in US by 2043
WASHINGTON (AP) - White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining long-held notions of race...
Democratic rep targeted with racist robocalls
theGRIO REPORT - The robocalls question whether Clarke and his late mother, Thelma Hashim, are black. Ron Scott, a media consultant for Clarke, said that the calls were 'sickening'...
Redistricting may keep blacks from representing Detroit
theGRIO REPORT - Of the many issues presented by Detroit’s plummeting population is that it has not only altered the cultural makeup of the city and affected the tax base; it has also led to a complete redrawing for electoral maps around the area...
2010 Census miscount a disaster for minorities
OPINION - Despite a massive and expensive outreach campaign to minorities, the 2010 U.S. Census missed over 1.5 million blacks, Latinos, Native Americans and others. And a failure to count that many people could have dire consequences in the coming decade...
1.5 million minorities missed in 2010 Census
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 2010 census missed more than 1.5 million minorities after struggling to count black Americans, Hispanics, renters and young men, but was mostly accurate, the government said Tuesday...
1940 census uncounted African-Americans
NEW YORK (AP) - The undercount estimate has generally gone down, but it's always been disproportionately higher for blacks than nonblacks...
Rangel stands by Harlem during changing demographics
What happens when the people you represent are no longer the majority inhabitants of the district you serve?...
Census: Atlanta has widest wealth gap of US cities
theGRIO REPORT - U.S census numbers have given the city a new label that's nothing to be proud of, but puts into perspective how many Georgians are struggling to make ends meet...
Black businesses lose big in new 'great migration'
theGRIO REPORT - For the owners of black businesses in the North that were established and thrived on the patronage of black Southern migrants and their families, scientific findings are not necessary...
