WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 PROGRAM # 8592 12:00 PM PT The Citizenship Question. The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments the day before on the Trump administration’s appeal of a federal judge’s ruling barring a question on citizenship from being added on the 2020 census. A ruling is expected by the end of June. In this […]

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 PROGRAM # 8548 12:00 PM PT The Census Count: “Street Race.” The Census Bureau announced it will continue asking questions on Hispanic origin and race separate for the 2020 Census count, despite efforts to have those questions combined to get more reliable data. Supporters of the separate questions maintain it is necessary […]

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 PROGRAM # 8535 12:00 PM PT The Impact of the Citizenship Question. As Trump lawyers urge the Supreme Court to let the Census ask everyone about their citizenship, demographic experts surveyed hard-to-count communities in California’s San Joaquin Valley to study the likely impact of the citizenship question on Latino immigrant response to […]

MONDAY, JANUARY 21 PROGRAM # 8525 12:00 PM PT The Census and the Questions on Race. On Martin Luther King Holiday, a renowned social scientist examines the history of Hispanic/Latino identity and the concept of race in the Census questionnaire. He also comments on the current census debate about continuing with the current format, separating […]

MONDAY, AUGUST 6 PROGRAM # 8396 12:00 PM PT Citizenship Question. A federal judge allowed a lawsuit over Trump’s decision to add a question on citizenship in the census. The judge said Trump’s statements reveal an “animus towards immigrants of color.” And on the eve of the deadline for public comment period, community organizations are […]