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Census Bureau Quietly Scraps Plan for Improved Data Collection on Race and Ethnicity
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06.26.26 | 9:00 am
Trump Admin Slowrolls Census Effort To Accurately Count Non-White Americans
The failure to adopt a new federal data collection standard ahead of the 2030 Census risks significantly further diminishing the political and economic power of non-white voters, experts tell TPM. 
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10.31.25 | 7:30 am
Trump’s Attack on Data Has ‘Dangerous Trickle-Down Effect’ for America’s Most Vulnerable
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08.07.25 | 11:49 am
2020 Census Undercounted Hispanic Americans At Triple The Rate Of 2010
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03.10.22 | 4:29 pm
A 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident, is shown in Detroit, Sunday, April 5, 2020. The Census Bureau is required by federal statute to send the president the counts that will be used to carve up congressional districts — known as apportionment — and draw state legislative districts by Dec. 31. The new coronavirus COVID-19 spread forced the U.S. Census Bureau to suspend field operations (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) A 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident, is shown in Detroit, Sunday, April 5, 2020. The Census Bureau is required by federal statute to send the president the counts that will be used to carve up congressional districts — known as apportionment — and draw state legislative districts by Dec. 31. The new coronavirus COVID-19 spread forced the U.S. Census Bureau to suspend field operations (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Biden Picks Prominent Statistics Expert To Be First Latino Census Bureau Director
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04.13.21 | 4:58 pm
Census Flags Big Delays In Data Release That Could Squeeze States’ Electoral Calendars
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01.27.21 | 5:05 pm
Trump Admin Suffers Another Setback In Census Gambit, But Still Has Options
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10.07.20 | 5:28 pm
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: U.S Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham testifies before the House Oversight Committee on July 24, 2019 in Washington, DC.The hearing focused on the recent push by the Trump administration to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, which has since been abandoned. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: U.S Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham testifies before the House Oversight Committee on July 24, 2019 in Washington, DC.The hearing focused on the recent push by the Trump administration to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, which has since been abandoned. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)
Even Trump’s Own Census Director Doesn’t Know Who Ordered The Count Rushed
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09.22.20 | 10:30 am
Judge Orders Trump Admin To Temporarily Halt ‘Winding Down’ Census Field Operations
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09.06.20 | 10:07 am
Whistleblower Docs Warn Of Risk Of ‘Serious Errors’ With Rushed 2020 Census
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09.02.20 | 3:59 pm