For generations, millions of Americans whose roots lie in the Middle East and North Africa — MENA — have essentially become invisible people because the Census Bureau has denied requests for their own racial category. “Legally, in America, I’m classified as white,”...
Every 10 years, the US census takes a snapshot count of every person who lives in the United States, as of April 1st. According to 2015 data, more than 80% of total federal funds received by California was related to the census. Since Federal funds support more than...
On the day he assumed leadership of California Common Cause, Jonathan Mehta Stein said getting people counted in the 2020 census is crucial to the organization’s goal of making politics more democratic. “First and foremost, respond to the census…We want our fair share...
In June last year, the Supreme Court ended the Trump administration’s plan to ask all 2020 Census respondents about their citizenship status. But with the first month of census-taking almost complete, it’s clear that the court ruling hasn’t undone the damage caused...
Drivers should get a 50% to 70% refund on their auto insurance premium for the duration of California’s shelter-in-place mandate, said state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara April 22. “We feel 50% to 70% percent is fair,” Lara told reporters at a briefing...
Will COVID-19 trip up the decennial and disenfranchise historically undercounted populations? Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC,) a civil rights organizations that advocates for the empowerment of Asian Americans, seems to think so. As the COVID-19 pandemic...
