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U.S. Census Bureau
September 13, 2024
Grace Segers
The Nagging, Unnecessary Persistence of Child Poverty
Fresh data from the Census Bureau has shone a stark light on the number of Americans, among them millions of children, who must endure what’s proven to be a fixable hardship.
December 6, 2022
Timothy Noah
Good Riddance to the Iowa Caucuses
The Democrats should have pushed the Hawkeye State to the back of the line decades ago.
April 1, 2021
Kiran Misra
Mass Incarceration Draws Its Own Maps and Creates a Country in Its Image
Prison gerrymandering, in which incarcerated people are designated as residents of the areas where a prison or jail is located, is a system of strategic disenfranchisement.
February 26, 2021
Matt Ford
Welcome to the Census Crisis
The pandemic’s ravages caused havoc with our decennial head count. Our elections will be the first to pay the price.
October 19, 2020
Bruce Bartlett
A Broken Census Can Break Democracy
The census is best known for determining how we the people are represented. But it also quietly defends our democracy from deeper problems.
September 25, 2020
Nick Martin
Can the Census Be Saved in Indian Country?
Historic undercounts have been catastrophic for tribal nations. The days ahead will be crucial.
August 19, 2019
Matt Ford
Trump’s Quiet Attack on Redistricting
Having failed in its first effort to subvert democracy, the Trump administration has found subtler means to achieve its end.
June 3, 2019
Alex Shephard
Republicans Plan to Rig Elections for a Decade
New evidence confirms the Trump administration wants a citizenship question on the census for one reason: To suppress Latinx votes.
February 20, 2018
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Eric H. Holder Jr.
Who Counts?
How the Trump administration’s scheme to rig the census threatens American democracy
September 14, 2017
Magazine
John B. Judis
Redoing the Electoral Math
I argued that demographics favored the Democrats. I was wrong.
September 13, 2016
Clio Chang
We are finally starting to recover from the recession.
April 15, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Today's Obamacare Conspiracy Theory and Why You Should Be Skeptical
May 9, 2011
Jill Wilson
It’s Not Plato’s Republic
May 5, 2011
Jill Wilson
Challenging the Census to Count the Uncounted
May 14, 2010
Elizabeth Kneebone
Toward an Accurate Portrayal of American Poverty
September 30, 2009
Audrey Singer
Examining Immigration's Pause
July 9, 1977
Morton Kondracke
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