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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. States He Is Not Against Vaccines At Senate Confirmation Hearings

Critics of RFK Jr., including his cousin Caroline, say he is unfit to head up the largest agency within the Trump Administration.

The Most Problematic “Fake News” are Not Complete Falsehoods

Disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, among other types of content, can lead to vote suppression and undermine democratic institutions. Experts offer tips on how to identify the
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Community Organizations Engage in 11th Hour Scramble to Ensure Accurate Census Count

Community organizations across the U.S. mounted an 11th hour scramble to increase self-response rates for the 2020 Census after an Oct. 13 Supreme Court decision cut the count short by two weeks.
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Not All is Lost After Census Count Stops, Civil Rights Advocates Say

Experts doubt the assertion by the Bureau that they've counted 99.9% of households, but courts have yet to decide whether the President can “take out” undocumented immigrants. A new President and Congress may have some remedies down the line.

Where Breathing is Easy – Open Spaces are Critical for Public Health

Measure T seeks to renew Measure Q, which has allowed the County to preserve North Coyote Valley from the hands of developers.

Census Heroes

Three profiles of the Census heroes, and their deep connection and work with the Hispanic community, keep on encouraging families to respond to the 2020 Census.
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Why Asian Americans Should Care About the Early Census Deadline

Whether government investment comes back to your community in the form of school support, or fire trucks, or small business loans depends on an accurate count of how many people are in your community.

Why is the U.S. Lagging Behind the World in Managing COVID?

The U.S. leads the world in both COVID infections and mortality rates. 5.3 million U.S. residents have been infected, while more than 167,000 have died.

MENA Leaders Say Without Census Data We’re Invisible And Disenfranchised

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.
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Remittances, Farmers Markets, Migration Flows Collapse – Developing World Reels from Pandemic Fallout

Papademetriou equated the COVID-19 crisis to the Great Depression in the U.S. in the 1930s, and characterized it as an “economic abyss.”

Yes, You Do Have to Choose a Race

Latinos may be tempted – again -- to avoid choosing a racial identity in the census, but if they don't, someone will, says USC Geographer Manuel Pastor.

Growing, Dangerous Fire Season Worsens Pollution in California’s Main Agricultural Areas

Smoke waves from wildfires in Southern California spread to the San Joaquin Valley where they are trapped, reversing improvements in air quality and impacting health.

Central Valley Investment Booms But Leaves Workers Behind

Beneath all that economic activity and seeming prosperity lies another, harsher reality of unemployment, poverty, air pollution and contaminated drinking water.

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