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March 16, 2023
For Afro-Latinos and others with dark skin, the OMB proposal erases how they experience racism compounded by their Blackness.
January 27, 2023
A Middle Eastern and North African category would be added to U.S. federal surveys and censuses, and changes would be…
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October 16, 2021
Two new analyses of the 2020 United States Census indicate a significant undercount that may have left millions of Black…
April 26, 2021
The nation’s political center shifted further to the Republican-led South and West, with Texas and Florida gaining congressional seats.
December 18, 2020
The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to Trump’s plan to exclude people living in the country illegally from the…
US Census Suspends Field Work During Coronavirus Outbreak
October 13, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped the once-a-decade US census count of every U.S. resident through the end of…
September 11, 2020
The ACLU, one of the groups that challenged Trump's memo, called the census ruling a 'huge victory for voting rights…
US Census Suspends Field Work During Coronavirus Outbreak
September 3, 2020
The Trump administration abruptly pushed up the 2020 Census deadline to September 30, causing fears among elected officials and advocates.
May 7, 2020
The new normal brought about by the coronavirus, which requires social distancing and stay-at-home orders, deepens the digital divide in…
April 1, 2020
For National Census Day, theGrio's Politics Editor Christina Greer explains why the census is crucial for the vitality of America's…
November 6, 2014
The U.S. Army has published a regulation stipulating that it is acceptable to refer to an African-American service member as
June 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time, America's racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5…
February 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word 'Negro' to…