Hansi Lo Wang

Hansi Lo Wang appears in the following:

Lawmakers To Subpoena DOJ Official Over Census Citizenship Question

Tuesday, May 08, 2018

A Justice Department official was invited to testify at a congressional hearing about the DOJ's request that the 2020 census ask about citizenship. But he didn't show up.

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Trial Test Indicates Noncitizens Plan To Avoid 2020 Census

Tuesday, May 08, 2018

The Trump administration is adding a citizenship question to forms for the 2020 census. Some immigrants in Central Falls, Rhode Island, say they're afraid to be counted.

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Democrats Push For Internal Documents On 2020 Census Citizenship Question

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

More lawmakers are calling for a subpoena to force the Census Bureau and Commerce Department to release documents about the controversial citizenship question before an upcoming hearing.

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Skipping The 2020 Census Citizenship Question? You'll Still Be Counted

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Anyone who doesn't answer the controversial citizenship question would still be included in the upcoming U.S. headcount — and may get a phone call or follow-up visit, the Census Bureau's head says.

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2 More Lawsuits Join Legal Fight Over 2020 Census Citizenship Question

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

The city of San Jose, Calif., plus individuals from Maryland and Arizona are suing to remove the controversial question. Some two dozen other cities and states are suing separately.

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House To Hold Hearing On Controversial Census Citizenship Question

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Officials from the Census Bureau and Commerce Department are set to testify in May about 2020 census which will ask if respondents are citizens, a question which has sparked lawsuits.

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17 States, 7 Cities Sue To Remove Citizenship Question From 2020 Census

Tuesday, April 03, 2018

The new lawsuit comes more than a week after California filed a similar lawsuit in San Francisco federal court against Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Census Bureau officials.

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N.J. University Works To Improve Graduation Rates For Latinos

Monday, April 02, 2018

Growing numbers of Latino students are enrolling in U.S. colleges. But they face one of the lowest graduation rates of any racial or ethnic group in the country.

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Democrats Call For Senate Hearing Over 2020 Census And Citizenship Question

Friday, March 30, 2018

Four Democrats on the Senate oversight committee for the Census Bureau say they're worried the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census is "tainted by improper political considerations."

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2020 Census Will Ask About Same-Sex Relationships

Friday, March 30, 2018

Unlike past census forms, the questionnaire for 2020 will include response categories for the relationship question that make a distinction between same-sex and different-sex couples.

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The 2020 Census Questions Every U.S Household Will Be Asked, Annotated

Thursday, March 29, 2018

For the national head count, all U.S. households will encounter the question: "Is this person a citizen of the United States?"

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Dollars And Census

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

The census is more than a headcount. It determines how federal dollars are spent and how districts are represented in Congress.

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Critics Attack 2020 Census Question On Citizenship Status

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The Commerce Department says the 2020 census will ask about citizenship. California's state attorney general is suing to stop the question, which census experts say could lead to an inaccurate count.

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2020 Census Will Reinstate Question On Citizenship Status

Monday, March 26, 2018

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Monday that it will reinstate a question on citizenship status to the 2020 Census. It says it is doing so to help enforce the Voting Rights Act.

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Rhode Island Gets A Sneak Peek At New Census Questions

Monday, March 26, 2018

With two years before the 2020 census starts, the Census Bureau holds a practice run of the upcoming headcount in Rhode Island's Providence County, where some worry about an immigrant undercount.

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Projections Show An Aging U.S. Population

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Older people will outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history by 2035, according to new projections by the Census Bureau. Aging baby boomers are one of the main drivers of this trend.

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For The First Time, 2020 Census Will Ask Black Americans About Their Exact Origins

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

People who mark "Black" for their race on the 2020 census will be asked about their origins. Many black immigrants can cite ties to a specific country, but some U.S.-born African-Americans say they cannot.

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Millennials Are No More Liberal On Gun Control Than Elders, Polls Show

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Polling suggests millennials are more liberal than earlier generations on many social issues except gun laws. Pollsters say they can't explain this anomaly. Some millennials are surprised by it, too.

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ER Reduces Opioid Use By More Than Half With Dry Needles, Laughing Gas

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Opioid prescriptions in one of the busiest emergency rooms in the U.S dropped 58 percent in the first year of an unusual program to help stem the opioid epidemic. More hospitals are copying the model.

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Lights, Camera, Parking

Friday, February 09, 2018

There's a lot of work that goes into shooting a movie or TV show in the streets of a city, including parking cars. Parking production assistants say they're undervalued and are now trying to unionize.

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