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Signs advertising the 2020 US Census cover a closed and boarded up business amid the coronavirus outbreak in Seattle, Washington, March 23, 2020.

For Latinos ineligible to vote, US census offers a path to political power

Every 30 Seconds

The instability wrought by the pandemic could lead to census counts of historically undercounted Latino communities. Organizers are racing to get people to fill it out before the Sept. 30 deadline.

The Spanish-language advertisement from the Census Bureau features Latinos of all walks of life explaining why an accurate census count matters for them and their communities. 

Census 2020 ads don’t do enough to dispel immigrant fears, advocates say

Immigration
A paper is shown on a clipboard with a gold-colored clasp.

Supreme Court blocks Trump’s census citizenship question, for now

Justice
US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, wearing a blue blazer and red tie, testifies in Washington.

US to add citizenship question in 2020 Census

Justice
Iranian American census

Arab Americans lobbied for their own US census box. Will it backfire?

Culture
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A bluebird braves the cold.

Citizen scientists have been taking an annual ‘bird census’ for over a century

Science

Results from Audubon’s 117th annual Christmas Bird Count are rolling in. What’s the bird count, you say?

People shopping in Los Angeles.

I’m white in Barcelona but in Los Angeles I’m Hispanic?

Belief

What does it mean to be white? And what does it mean to be Hispanic? Being a Spaniard from Barcelona, Jaime Gonzalez always considered himself to be European and white. But as a BBC reporter working in California — he has found that many Americans see him differently.

U.S. Census releases digital versions of 1940 survey

Global Politics

The National Archives Monday published online the full records of the 1940 census. It’s the first United States census to be fully digitalized, and the record opens up a rare window to understanding mid-century America.

Andean Nation Does The Numbers

Conflict & Justice

There’s no national emergency going on or violence breaking out in this South American nation, but everyone’s been ordered to stay at home.

First U.S. Census Digitized

The National Archives published the full records of the 1940 census online today. It’s the first United States census to be fully digitalized, and contains details, including names, addresses and income levels, of more than 132 million people. Connie Potter, archivist and senior genealogy specialist at the National Archives, says this trove of information brings […]

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