Hansi Lo Wang
Stories
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National
Census Bureau: No Middle Eastern Or North African Check Box
Advocates from Middle Eastern and North African communities in the U.S. have pushed for decades to get their own check box on census forms. But the 2020 census won't include one.
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Politics
10 Census Facts That Bust Common Myths About The 2020 U.S. Head Count
It happens only once a decade, so it can be hard to make sense of the census. NPR's census reporter has rounded up facts that debunk some of the most common misconceptions about the national count.
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National
Watchdog Warns Census Faces Cybersecurity, Hiring Risks Before National Rollout
Weeks before the census is fully underway, the Government Accountability Office finds the Census Bureau is behind on recruiting workers and resolving risks with the first primarily online U.S. count.
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Politics
Government Report Says Census Bureau Is Behind On Staffing Up And Cybersecurity
A new Government Accountability Office report shows the Census Bureau is behind on recruiting 2020 census workers, and notes security challenges for the census website expected to roll out in a month.
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Politics
Lawmakers, Advocates Worry Bureau Won't Fill Half Million 2020 Census Jobs
The bureau says it needs around a half-million temporary workers by this spring to carry out the national head count. Some census advocates are worried the agency isn't moving fast enough on hiring.
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Politics
Climate Change Complicates Counting Some Alaska Native Villages For Census
Rising temperatures are speeding up erosion in some Alaska Native villages and making traveling on ice roads more dangerous, threatening the Census Bureau's plans for an accurate count.
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Environment
Climate Change Threatens Alaska Census Count
Rising temperatures are forcing some Alaska Native villages to consider relocating to higher ground. Climate change is also complicating an accurate count for the 2020 Census more complicated.
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Politics
Deceased GOP Strategist's Daughter Makes Files Public That Republicans Wanted Sealed
Republicans in North Carolina fought in court to stop computer files found on the redistricting expert's hard drives from going public. Now his daughter, Stephanie Hofeller, is sharing them online.
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Politics
To Produce Citizenship Data, Homeland Security To Share Records With Census
The Department of Homeland Security has finalized an agreement to share records that the Census Bureau says will help it produce data about the citizenship status of every person living in the U.S.
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Politics
Census Bureau Finds Latinos, Asians Sensitive To Now-Blocked Citizenship Question
The question would have likely lowered census response rates in some areas, according to the Census Bureau's final report on its experiment testing public reaction to the controversial inquiry.