Hansi Lo Wang
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Why mail voting laws may slow the count in some key swing states
Some states, like Pennsylvania, may be slower to report election results because of laws that don't allow officials to start preparing mail ballots for counting until Election Day. → Read More
Who counts as Black in voting maps? Some GOP state officials want that narrowed
Republican officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set a narrower definition of "Black" for redistricting that excludes some Black people and could minimize their voting power. → Read More
A Supreme Court decision could radically reshape presidential elections
A new Supreme Court case could radically change congressional and presidential elections by giving broad, largely unchecked power to state legislators in deciding how those elections are run. → Read More
How the Supreme Court could radically reshape elections for president and Congress
The justices have agreed to hear a case next term about how much power state legislatures have over how congressional and presidential elections are run. It could upend election laws across the U.S. → Read More
The Supreme Court has delayed creating a majority Black voting district in Louisiana
After a lower court found a Louisiana congressional map likely dilutes votes of Black voters, the Supreme Court put on hold an order for a second majority Black congressional district to be created. → Read More
Biden officials may change how the U.S. defines racial and ethnic groups by 2024
The Biden administration is starting a process that could change how the U.S. census and federal surveys produce racial and ethnic data that is used for redistricting and civil rights enforcement. → Read More
How undated ballots could affect Pennsylvania's GOP Senate race and voters' rights
Mail-in ballots that arrived on time but in envelopes missing dates handwritten by voters have been a flashpoint in recent elections in the key swing state, including a close Republican primary race. → Read More
These 14 states had significant miscounts in the 2020 census
The states were not counted equally well for population totals used to determine their share of political representation and federal funding for the next 10 years, a new Census Bureau report shows. → Read More
The economic impacts of a census miscount
The census is an important tool for determining where federal funding is most needed. So what happens when those communities most in need are undercounted? Today, we cover the local economics of the census. → Read More
The 2020 census had big undercounts of Black people, Latinos and Native Americans
The Census Bureau has released its first report on the accuracy of the latest national head count that's used to distribute political representation and federal funding for the next decade. → Read More
What to know about the accuracy of the 2020 census — and why it matters for you
COVID-19 and interference by former President Donald Trump's administration have made it harder to pinpoint the accuracy of the numbers used to redistribute political representation and federal money. → Read More
U.S. census director says the bureau needs to reduce chances of meddling after Trump
Newly sworn-in Census Bureau Director Robert Santos told NPR it's important to make sure there are policies in place to better protect the agency from any future political interference. → Read More
The U.S. census sees Middle Eastern and North African people as white. Many don't
People with Middle Eastern or North African roots must be counted as white in the federal government's data. But a study finds many do not see themselves as white, and neither do many white people. → Read More
Trump's longtime accountant says a decade of his financial statements are unreliable
The accounting firm Mazars USA says it has severed its relationship with former President Donald Trump and his family business. → Read More
The U.S. census's 72-year confidentiality rule has a strange history
Under federal law, the U.S. government must restrict access to people's records for the once-a-decade tally until 72 years after a count's Census Day. The exact origins of that time span are murky. → Read More
Trump officials interfered with the 2020 census beyond cutting it short, email shows
The email details the scope of the former administration's attempts to tamper with the count, including pressuring the Census Bureau to alter plans for protecting privacy and producing accurate data. → Read More
Many of those who died in the Bronx apartment fire were from West Africa
The 17 victims of Sunday's blaze ranged from 2 to 50 years old. The dead included 11 people from Gambia. Many families are now struggling to prepare for their loved ones' funerals. → Read More
The federal agency that measures racial diversity is led mostly by white people
While the Census Bureau's set to have its first director who's Latinx, an NPR analysis finds people of color are underrepresented in the top rank of civil servants at the country's main data producer. → Read More
Trump left a $7 million mess after delaying census workers' payroll taxes
The Trump administration directed many federal agencies to stop collecting payroll taxes last year. The Census Bureau is now trying to get former temporary workers to pay what they owe. → Read More
The 2020 census likely left out people of color at rates higher than a decade ago
After COVID-19 disruptions and Trump administration interference, last year's national head count may have undercounted people of color at higher rates than in 2010, an Urban Institute study finds. → Read More