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Republicans introduce census reform bill that would end unemployment estimates
Thinking they’re going to deflate an intrusive government overreach into the everyday lives of American citizens, a group of House Republicans introduced a census reform bill last week that would prevent the government from conducting the research necessary to produce monthly unemployment estimates. If the Census Reform Act of 2013…
Census Bureau to stop using ‘Negro’ to identify African-Americans
The U.S. Census Bureau announced on Monday that it would no longer use the term “Negro” in upcoming surveys. According to the Associated Press, the bureau said it would use the terms “black” or “African-American” to describe black U.S. residents, citing user feedback describing “Negro,” first used in the 1900…
9 million Americans identified as mixed-race in 2010 Census
The number of people in the United States who consider themselves to be of more than one race has surged by nearly a third over a decade, the US Census Bureau said Thursday. In an analysis of the 2010 national census results, it said nine million people reported themselves to…
Demographics and right wing panic
There’s a number of reasons that we’re experiencing our current bout of right wing extremism taking over the Republican Party, causing them to primary anyone who is seen in public with a Democrat and pushing them to do things like, oh, side with people who think it’s just awful that…
White births in U.S. no longer in majority: census
White births in the United States are no longer in the majority, according to US Census Bureau data made public Thursday. Minorities — Hispanics, blacks and Asians and other mixed races — accounted for 50.4 percent of births over a 12-month period to July 2011, marking a majority for the…
Asians fastest-growing group in United States, census finds
WASHINGTON — Asians are the fastest growing race group in the United States, reflecting a surge in immigration from the entire region over a decade, the US Census Bureau said Tuesday. As part of an ongoing analysis of the data it reaped from its 2010 census, the federal agency said…
CIA website down again after second ‘Anonymous’ attack
A website for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) appeared down again on Monday, just days after it was taken offline by a distributed denial-of-service attack allegedly launched by unknown members of the hacker group “Anonymous.” The site was down last Friday and remained offline all day before returning over…
U.S. population grows at slowest rate since 1940s
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The population of the United States is growing at its slowest rate in more than 70 years, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Wednesday. The country’s population increased by an estimated 2.8 million to 311.6 million from April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011. The growth…
The 2010 census and the browning and seasoning of America
We’re really going to learn a lot more from the 2010 census about the browning of America, as well as how many of us identify racially — understanding that “race” is an artificial construct. The white supremacists’ worst fear will be realized — we’re increasingly mixing up the gene pool;…
2010 census to ‘closet’ data on same-sex married couples
Here’s why the federal Defense of Marriage Act has to go. The U.S. Census Bureau, hiding behind DOMA, will edit the responses given by same-sex couples in California and Massachusetts (as well as any other states that may legalize marriage equality by then). Even though thousands of couples will have…
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