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Mon Aug 31

Shortened census count will hurt communities of color

Written by Aggie Yellow Horse, Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies and Justice and Social Inquiry, Arizona State University

Community groups, like this one in Phoenix, have been working to get people of color to contribute their information to the census.AP Photo/Terry Tang

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau is having a harder time than in the past counting all Americans, and is now saying its workers will spend less time trying to count everyone.

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Shortened census count will hurt communities of color

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