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Trump’s Supreme Court Challenge Has a Historical Precedent

The story of President Donald Trump's short-lived threat to get a citizenship question on the census in defiance of the Supreme Court mimics the story of President Andrew Jackson and Worcester v. Georgia, decided in 1832.

Bethany Berger

Demonstrators rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 23rd, 2019, to protest the proposal to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

The Supreme Court Deals Trump a Defeat on the Census Citizenship Question

The high court's decision didn't take issue with the question itself, but rather the administration's tactics.

Jack Herrera

Social Justice

Is Gerrymandering Reform Here to Stay?

A Supreme Court decision due in June will determine exactly how much autonomy states have to make the rules for voting and elections.

Nancy Martorano Miller

Stacey Abrams addresses supporters at an election watch party on November 6th, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Social Justice

Stacey Abrams Wants to Fix the Census in Georgia

The former gubernatorial candidate has launched a non-profit aimed at fixing the state's ongoing issues with counting its citizens.

Kriston Capps

Corn and soybeans grow on a farm near Tipton, Iowa.

Agriculture Census Data Shows the U.S. Has More Female Farmers Than Ever

And other key takeaways from the latest Census of Agriculture.

Emily Moon

Social Justice

Uncertainty Around the 2020 Census Has Local Leaders on the Back Foot

Uncertainty over the government's future operations and the addition of a citizenship question have left cities bracing for chaos during the upcoming census.

Kriston Capps

The Supreme Court has agreed to bypass lower appeals courts and review a case about a question on the 2020 census asking about citizenship status.

A Judge Blocked the Census Citizenship Question. Here’s What the Plaintiffs Are Saying.

The judge ruled that, while the administration's move to include a citizenship question was not in itself unconstitutional, it was "unlawful for a multitude of independent reasons."

Jack Herrera

Trump Brings in New Science and Health Advisers

The Senate confirmed the president's picks to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the Census Bureau.

Francie Diep

A view of the commission's hearing room before a hearing at the Federal Communications Commission.

Social Justice

Rural Americans Suffer the Costs of Faulty FCC Broadband Data

A recent vote further damages the government's ability to accurately study the nation's access to broadband—and it could damage the 2020 census.

Amir Nasr

Social Justice

Is Asking a Citizenship Question on the Census Legal?

Six lawsuits challenging the legality of the citizenship question, filed by various groups including the states of New York and California, are now pending in federal courts.

Jonathan Entin