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Posted inLaw and Justice
Reviving an Unenforced Amendment
Will a constitutional promise to protect the right to vote get buried again? An appeals court in Washington is about to tell us.
Posted inEconomic Policy
What Census Poverty Estimates May Miss
Pandemic unemployment programs are significantly underreported, giving a misimpression about their effectiveness.
Posted inTAP
Threats to the Dems in 2022
Today on TAP: Three things that can spare us a stolen election in 2022
Posted inBooks
Reconceiving the American Future
A new book argues that the vision of the United States as a ‘majority-minority’ society is a statistical illusion.
Posted inPolitics
The Politics of Counting
The Trump administration attempted to subvert the census for political ends. How successful were they?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Pandemic-Stricken Cities at Risk for Census Undercount
The Trump administration’s latest attempt to compromise the integrity of the census means communities must work harder to get people counted.