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Judge Blocks Government's Move To Cut ACORN Funding

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 12.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Embezzlement, Fraud, Census, Prostitution, Center for Constitutional Rights, Acorn, Pimp, Bill Quigley, Community Organizing, ACORN Funding, Nina Gershon, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Politics News

NEW YORK — The U.S. government's move this fall to cut off funding to ACORN was unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday, handing the emba...

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Ahead Of 2010 Census, New York Gets Population Boost From Immigrants

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York

Read More: 2010 Census, Census, Population, Immigration, Immigrants, New York Gets Population Boost, New York, New York City, New York News

WASHINGTON — A steady flow of new immigrants is providing a late-decade population boost to major metropolitan areas such as Chicago, Miami, New...

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Immigrants Prop Up Cities Hit By Population Loss

USA Today | Posted 12.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Population, Suburbs, Housing, New York City, Los Angeles, Population Loss, Tax Revenues, Immigration, Recession, Census, Unemployment, Census Data, Housing Crisis, Miami, Cities, Home News

The recession has brought a nation built on moving from place to place to a standstill not seen since World War II, but immigration continues in major...

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Homelessness Myth #3: Unsheltered People Only Count At Night

Christine Schanes | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Census, Poverty, Homelessness, Homeless Children, Hud, Point in Time Count, Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care, Causes, Homeless, Myths, Lahsa, Coc, Activism, Living News
Christine Schanes

Finding unsheltered working homeless people can be accomplished by talking to the organizers, volunteers, service providers or friends who know these homeless people.

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Latinos Poised to Shake Up 2010 Census, Politicians Beware

Frank Sharry | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Census, Immigration Reform, Congress, Latino Voters, 2010 Elections, Janet Napolitano, Immigration, Demographics, Barack Obama, Politics News
Frank Sharry

The 2010 Census will have a profound effect on the U.S. political landscape. An astonishing number of states will owe new Congressional seats, in large part, to their new Latino constituents.

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Census: Small US Cities Hit Hard By Recession

AP | BY HOPE YEN and FRANK BASS | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Census, Census Small US Cities, Geography, Demographics, Small US Cities, Business News

WASHINGTON — America's small cities are losing some of their traditional appeal to upwardly mobile families seeking wholesome neighborhoods, a s...

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Queens Frets Over Census Participation

Benedict Moran | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: 2010 Census, Census, Latinos, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Immigrants, New York News
Benedict Moran

Activists are afraid that low participation will further cut services in the borough. Queens is especially tricky due to its high number of undocumented workers scared of deportation.

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A Hypocrite Bashes Immigrants

Gautam Dutta | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigrants Census, Census, Immigration, Immigrant Bashing, Louisiana, David Vitter, Vitter Immigrants, Politics News
Gautam Dutta

David Vitter just introduced a bill that would ban millions of immigrants from being counted in the census. This bill is undemocratic, unconstitutional, and un-American.

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Uninsured Are Represented By Some Of Health Care Reform's Biggest Supporters -- And Critics, New Census Data Shows

National Journal Online | Thursday, October 22, 2009 | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Census, Health Care Bill, Census Bureau, National Average Uninsured, 2010 Census, Census, US Census Bureau, Health Care Reform Legislation, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Census Health Care, Census Uninsured, Politics News

Many of the House members in both parties who are most opposed to the health care reform legislation moving toward a historic vote represent districts...

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Demographic Science and Gay Civil Rights

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Census, Marriage, Michelle Obama, Same Sex Marriage, Science, Immigration, Chinese, Carl Sagan, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

Allowing the Census Bureau to apply its scientific powers to the question of changing families is a breath of fresh air from which demographers, and the public, will ultimately benefit.

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Official: Census Takers In Kentucky Want Teams After Bill Sparkman's Death

AP | JEFFREY McMURRAY | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, Bill Sparkman, Census Violence, Hanged, Crime, Kentucky, Census Worker, Census Worker Death, William Sparkman, Politics News

BIG CREEK, Ky. — The manager of a part-time census taker who died under mysterious circumstances in southeastern Kentucky says other workers are...

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Immigration Reform Activists' Plan To Boycott Census Takes Center Stage In Colorado

The Colorado Independent | Katie Redding | Posted 10.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Immigration Reform, Census, Census Boycott, La Raza, National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Colorado, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, Michelle Malkin, Denver News

As a proposed national Latino census boycott receives increased media attention, many Latino and immigrant organizations in Colorado say they're thank...

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New York, New Jersey Have Top Ten Counties With Highest Median Taxes

nytimes.com | PETER APPLEBOME | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Census, Property Taxes, New Jersey, New York Real Estate, Taxes, New York, New York News

Westchester County, No. 1. Nassau, No. 2. Hunterdon and Bergen in New Jersey, Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. And so it goes. Of the 10 counties in the...

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Colorado Poverty Rates Up According To Latest Census Data

Posted 11.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Latino Children, Poverty Rate, Census, Colorado Poverty, Colorado Census, Pueblo Colorado, Latino Poverty Rate, Bloomberg, Black Children, Poverty, Denver News

The AP reports that new census data indicates the poverty rate--defined by the "a family of four earning less than $22,050 a year... or an individual...

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Income Inequality Widens, Poor Take Big Hit During Recession

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Income Distribution, Census, Income Gap, Income Inequality, Economy, Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — The recession has hit middle-income and poor families hardest, widening the economic gap between the richest and poorest Americans ...

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Spanish Speakers Targeted in Census Plan

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, Census Bureau, US Census Bureau, Spanish Language, Census Data, Bilingual, Spanish, Hispanics, Politics News

LONG BEACH, Calif. — When Teresa Ocampo opens her census questionnaire, she won't have to worry about navigating another document in English. T...

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Acorn Loses Bank Of America As Corporate Partner

Wall Street Journal | JAMES R. HAGERTY | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Ethics Training, Foreclosure-Prevention, Banks, Acorn Housing, Lending, Wells Fargo, Michael Shea, Undercover Tapes, Tax Evasion, Census, Bank of America, Prostitution, Acorn, Foreclosure, Community Organizing, Politics News

Already facing the loss of federal government funding, the community-organizing group Acorn also has run afoul of one of its big corporate partners, B...

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Sparkman: Casualty of Methland, USA? Or Victim of Anti-Government Bile?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, White House, Hate Crimes, Teabaggers, 2042-Minorities, Crime, Violent Crime, Tax Protests, Michele Bachman, Census Boycott, Immigration, Right Wing, Race, Working Class, Census, 2010 Census, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Bill Sparkman, Methamphetamine, Right-Wing Extremism, Anti-Government, Lou Dobbs, William Spakrkman Hanged, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Politics News
Richard M. Benjamin

Sparkman's workaday life and violent death -- whatever the cause and whoever the culprit -- highlight the precarious struggles of the white working class and the brewing storm surrounding the 2010 Census.

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Waking Up To the Coming Battle Over the Census

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Census, Immigration Reform, Southern Strategy, Bill Sparkman Hanged, Bill Sparkman, William Sparkman, William Sparkman Hanged, Politics News
Simon Rosenberg

Last night's reports of the murder of a US Census worker will bring national attention to the emerging politics of the Census count, something that we've long been worried about at NDN.

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Census Bureau Uses Spanish-Language Soap Opera to Reach Hispanics

nytimes.com | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Census, The Devil Knows Best, Census Bureau, Census Bureau Outreach, US Census Hispanic Count, 2010-Census-Hispanics, Telenovela, Spanish, Beltran, ”, “MáS Sabe El Diablo, Politics News

Ms. Beltrán, a character in the popular Spanish-language soap opera "Más Sabe el Diablo," "The Devil Knows Best," represents only one element of the...

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Census: 150,000 Gay Marriages Reported

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, Statistics, Homosexual, Lesbian, Partners, Gay Adoption, Civil Unions, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Weddings, Families, Demographics, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriage relationships last year, many more than the number of actual weddings an...

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Recession Hits Immigrants Hard: Survey Finds Decline In Foreign-Born Residents For First Time In 40 Years

Wall Street Journal | CONOR DOUGHERTY and MIRIAM JORDAN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Naturalization, Brookings Intstitute, Census, Illegal Immigration, Recession, Immigration, Immigrants, Census Bureau, Economy, Business News

The number of foreign-born residents of the U.S. declined for the first time since at least 1970, as a recession and tight labor market dented America...

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Census Report Shows Bush Economic Legacy Is Failure On Every Measurement

The Atlantic | Ronald Brownstein | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush Economic Legacy, Census, George Bush, Economy, George Bush Legacy, Politics News

Thursday's annual Census Bureau report on income, poverty and access to health care-the Bureau's principal report card on the well-being of average Am...

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Census Bureau Severs Ties With ACORN

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: ACORN Census, Census, Acorn, Census Bureau, 2010 Census, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau on Friday severed its ties with ACORN, a community organization that has been hit with Republican accusations of ...

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Barack Obama is Not Black

Earnest Harris | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, Mixed Race, Racism, Interracial Marriage, Race, Mixed Ethnicity, Barack Obama, Politics News
Earnest Harris

Barack Obama is both black and white and he is neither black nor white, and he is mixed and he is half. He is all of those things and he is none of those things.

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