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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

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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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Spanish Speakers Targeted in Census Plan

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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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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Are You Really Married? (Hundreds of Thousands of Gay Couples Say They Are)

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

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Philip N. Cohen

One of the dirty not-so-little-secrets of the same-sex marriage debate is that the everyday benefits of marriage don't require legal marriage at all.

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Father, I Forgive You

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

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Pedro C. Moreno

What is it with Father's Day? And, what is the blessing and curse of being a father?

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Racial Advancement on TV: Is the Progress Depicted Well-Intentioned Fantasy?

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media

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Michael Russnow

I've been noticing over the past several years a tendency for the Media to depict racial togetherness in a manner that doesn't come close to representing reality.

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Census Bureau Nominee Rules Out Use Of Sampling for 2010 Census

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Census Bureau on Friday ruled out the use of statistical sampling in the 2010 head count,...

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GOP Lawmaker Calls For Probe Of Obama Decision To Oversee Census

Fox News | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

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A Republican lawmaker is calling for an investigation of President Obama's plan to move the U.S. census into the White House. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, ...

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Gregg Already Stripped Of Authority Over U.S. Census

CQ | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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The director of the Census Bureau will report directly to the White House and not the secretary of Commerce, according to a senior White House officia...

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Nearly 20% Of Cook County Uninsured

Chicago Sun-Times | Dave Newbart | Posted 11.09.2008 | Chicago

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What's not included in a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau on the uninsured is "even darker and more ominous,'' one local expert said. The repo...

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Higher Education Key To Improving Economy, Yet McCain Lacks Specifics On Help

Gregory S. Evans | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

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Gregory S. Evans

In a shrinking economy with a middle-class burdened by the extraordinarily high costs of college tuition in the United States, the best investment we can make for our long-term fiscal health is in increased access to higher education.

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Big Shifts In Chicago Congressional Districts

Progress Illinois | Adam Doster | Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago

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What communities are faring well in the 21st century economy? Swing State Project took a look at data from the Census Bureau's 2007 American Community...

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Immigration Down In Illinois

AP | Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The wave of immigrants entering the United States slowed dramatically last year as the economy faltered and the government stepped ...

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Sam Stein

Census Projections: U.S. Will Be Half Minority By 2042

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

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Some amazing projections were released by the U.S. Census Bureau this morning: by the year 2042, more than half of America's population will be made u...

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