Census

Cities And Immigrants Drove Census Controversy — 100 Years Ago

3:26pm July 10, 2019

by Ron Elving

A century ago, debate over immigration and urban-rural power stalled congressional action on the results of the census. The tensions that mattered then still persist a century later.

Demonstrators against a proposal to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April.

Judge To Review Claims Of Census Citizenship Question's 'Discriminatory' Origins

8:38pm July 05, 2019

While the Justice Department continues exploring possible ways to add a question about citizenship to the census forms, a federal judge in Maryland is moving ahead with reopening two cases against it.

People gather in front of the Supreme Court last week, some opposing the controversial citizenship question that the Trump administration tried to add to the 2020 census.

Trump Administration To Print 2020 Census Without Citizenship Question

10:45pm July 02, 2019

Days after the Supreme Court ruled to keep the question off the census for now, the Trump administration decided to stand down on its efforts to push for its addition on forms for next year's count.

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Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's plan to add a citizenship question to forms for the 2020 census.

How The Fight Over The Census Citizenship Question Could Rage On

8:38am June 29, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

President Trump threatened to delay next year's constitutionally mandated head count hours after the Supreme Court ruled to keep a citizenship question off 2020 census forms for now.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., pauses as the House Oversight and Reform Committee votes on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Trump admi

Trump Blocked Congress From Seeing These Emails About The Census Unredacted

5:24pm June 14, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

President Trump has claimed executive privilege over emails and memos that Democratic lawmakers say may reveal the real reason why the administration pushed for a census citizenship question.

ACLU's Voting Rights Project Director Dale Ho (center) speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April after arguing on behalf of plaintiffs in the lawsuits over the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to the 2020 census.

Citizenship Question Lawsuit Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court To Delay Ruling

9:48pm June 12, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

In a last-minute request, plaintiffs' attorneys led by the ACLU are asking the justices to wait to rule on the census question in light of documents that show an alleged Trump administration cover-up.

Diana Escamilla (center), an organizer with Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles, poses for a photo with volunteers Angeles Rosales and Janet Mendez in front of a 2020 census outreach campaign poster in Spanish.

2020 Census Could Lead To Worst Undercount Of Black, Latinx People In 30 Years

1:47pm June 04, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

Public debate over a potential citizenship question and immigration enforcement, combined with the census going online, threatens an accurate head count, according to research by the Urban Institute.

Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April as the justices hear oral arguments over the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to the 2020 census.

GOP Redistricting Strategist Played Role In Push For Census Citizenship Question

10:54pm May 30, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

A deceased redistricting specialist's documents suggest the citizenship question was added to redraw political maps to favor Republicans and non-Hispanic white people, according to a new court filing.

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Never before has the U.S. census directly asked for the citizenship status of every person living in every household in the United States. A citizenship question that the Trump administration wants on the 2020 census could change that. Above, newly sworn-

Trump's Proposed Census Citizenship Question Bucks Centuries Of Precedent

9:11am May 22, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

Never before has the U.S. census directly asked for the citizenship status of every person living in every household. The question the Trump administration wants on the 2020 census could change that.

The U.S. Supreme Court will announce decisions on a host of important cases over the next month.

Politics & Government

6 Themes To Pay Attention To In Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions

11:02am May 21, 2019

by Domenico Montanaro

From the census citizenship question and political gerrymandering to the separation of church and state, the high court will make some rulings of consequence over the next month.