Affirmative action is dead, but the most recent numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal that the problems it once hoped to address remain a fact of life.

The former Texas senator says income inequality is a myth. He couldn’t be more wrong, but I admire the old grouch for trying.

New documents reveal three useful insights into how Trump and his allies approach political power and the law.

Ohio’s new district maps were supposed to be more democratic. Instead, they point to the possibility that democracy is broken.

The pandemic’s ravages caused havoc with our decennial head count. Our elections will be the first to pay the price.

The president wants to exclude noncitizens from the census, in clear violation of the Constitution. Where does Amy Coney Barrett stand?

The census is best known for determining how we the people are represented. But it also quietly defends our democracy from deeper problems.

Though liberals could issue a few sighs of relief, the recent term signaled a continued consolidation of conservative power.

The Supreme Court ruled Trump officials needed a better reason to tinker with the census; Democracy watchdogs aren't waiting for them to find one.

New evidence confirms the Trump administration wants a citizenship question on the census for one reason: To suppress Latinx votes.

New poverty data from the Census Bureau reveals the extent of the damage that Trump and Paul Ryan could do to America’s neediest communities.

The new science of babies and brains—and how it could revolutionize the fight against poverty.