The Trump administration is vowing to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. And this week brings a deadline for the administration to prove it has improved conditions for detained migrants.
Host Michel Martin talks with former U.S. Census Bureau director Kenneth Prewitt about how public trust in the census has been affected by the battle over a citizenship question.
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.
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times and Karen Tumulty of The Washington Post about the census, the Democratic primary and criticism over President Trump's Fourth of July speech.
In Southern California's Tehrangeles, business owners feel the effects of the travel ban, sanctions and increasing White House threats of war against Iran.
Michigan congressman Justin Amash announced his decision to leave the Republican party. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to conservative commentator Jonah Goldberg about frustration within the GOP.