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What’s at stake when you tell the US Census you’re Middle Eastern or North African?

Global Politics

Would collecting census data about Americans of Middle Eastern and North African descent lead to more discrimination or more services?

Caitlin Duncan (right), Hesham Ahmad Mohammad (center) and Caitlin Duncan's boyfriend (left) on New Year's Eve.

This Syrian refugee rescued an American student after she was assaulted in Cologne

Conflict
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