Tag: US Census Bureau
Tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters tell a story of vulnerability and...
Tricia Wachtendorf, University of Delaware and James Kendra, University of Delaware
People often think of disasters as great equalizers....
Counting 11 million undocumented immigrants is easier than Trump thinks
Jennifer Van Hook, Pennsylvania State University
It is now clear that there will be no question about citizenship on the 2020 U.S. Census.
After the Supreme...
US poverty statistics ignore millions of struggling Americans
Sophie Mitra, Fordham University and Debra Brucker, University of New Hampshire
Who counts as poor in the U.S. today?
Measuring the share of the population that...
Will children in your state get the support they need? It...
Heather L. Hanna, Mississippi State University
The first three years of a child’s life are the most crucial for brain development. In fact, children raised...
New data paint an unpleasant picture of poverty in the US
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
On Sept. 12, the U.S. Census Bureau released national poverty data for 2017.
The headline was that 39.7 million people were...
Census director’s resignation could affect control of Congress after 2020
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
John H. Thompson, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, just resigned amid a funding fight...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
