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The U.S. Census Bureau said Friday it won't be delivering data used for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts until the end of September, causing headaches for state lawmakers...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Black Voices for Black Justice Fund Announces Awards to 19 Black Activists Working to Advance Racial Justice January 26, 2021 GMT WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 26, 2021-- In the wake of white supremacists attempting to overthrow the federal government and Black Americans continuing to be disproportionately affected by the pandemic and economy, a new racial justice fund is doubling down on its suppor...

Facing criticism that he was acceding to President Donald Trumps demand to produce citizenship information at the expense of data quality, U.S. Census

It will be the first time the Census Bureau has missed the deadline since it was created in 1976.

Whos here. regardless of citizenship. >> its the whole ball game. tells us who we are. >> everybody whos here. a lot of decisions apportioning federal benefits and representation in congress, and a lot of things depend on that census. so its very important. to put a citizenship question on the short form that goes out to everybody, not the long form that goes out to a sampling, but on the form that goes to everybody, can only intimidate and discourage those who are not citizens. >> what would th...

>> that last part there is not true. nbc news is among those confirming that a citizenship question has not been included in the typical short form census received by most households since before 1950. california and new york are already preparing to sue the trump administration to block this change. a number of state attorneys general have joined them. with us to talk about this and any other topics that might be on our minds, eugene robinson, pulitzer prize-winning columnist for "the washingto...