2018 Media

Cronyism, ‘Wasteful’ Spending Accusations Roil Government Publishing Office
NPR
December 31, 2018

In Major Move, Census Bureau Offers Up Citizenship Data For Redistricting
TPM
December 28, 2018

Trial over citizenship question on census to move forward despite shutdown
San Francisco Chronicle
December 27, 2018

What could go wrong with the 2020 census? Almost everything, government watchdog says
NBC News
December 23, 2018

Texans play central role in effort to halt citizenship question on census
Austin American-Statesman
December 21, 2018

Countdown for the 2020 Census. We are ready!
Houston Chronicle
December 20, 2018

How the Trump Administration Is Messing with the Census
The New York Times
December 17, 2018

Judge refuses to pick sides in Census dispute, schedules trial
The Hill
December 14, 2018

Inside the Trump Administration’s Census Scam
Rolling Stone
December 13, 2018

Census Bureau To Test How Controversial Citizenship Question Affects Responses
NPR
December 6, 2018

Democrats take aim at census citizenship question in spending fight
Reuters
November 29, 2018

In Donald Trump’s Census, Who Counts?
The New York Times Magazine
November 28, 2018

Can There Be a Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census? A Judge Will Soon Rule
The New York Times
November 27, 2018

Newly empowered Rep. Gerald E. Connolly aims to tackle census citizenship question
The Washington Post
November 24, 2018

The Trump administration seems to be doing everything it can to bias the 2020 Census
The Washington Post
November 23, 2018

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the census citizenship case. Here’s why that matters.
The Washington Post
November 20, 2018

Federal Judge Shreds Trump’s DOJ For Seeking So Many Delays In Census Trial
Huffington Post
November 20, 2018

Trump administration officials suggested sharing census responses with law enforcement, court documents show
The Washington Post
November 19, 2018

New Email Raises Concern About Trump Commitment to Census Confidentiality
Huffington Post
November 19, 2018

New Email: Trump Administration ‘Debates’ Weaponizing Census to Aid ICE
The Daily Beast
November 19, 2018

Supreme Court will hear arguments concerning Census citizenship question
The Washington Post
November 16, 2018

Supreme Court to hear case on Trump administration plan to add citizenship question to 2020 Census
USA Today
November 16, 2018

Wilbur Ross addresses controversy over citizenship question on census
Yahoo Finance
November 13, 2018

What will a Democratic House mean for the census?
FCW
November 9, 2018

Victorious U.S. House Democrats Could Stymie Census Citizenship Query
Reuters
November 7, 2018

Statistics expert testifies census citizenship question would harm count
The Washington Post
November 5, 2018

Inside the Trump Administration’s Fight to Add a Citizenship Question to the Census
The New York Times
November 4, 2018

How The 2020 Census Citizenship Question Ended Up In Court
NPR
November 4, 2018

Supreme Court allows trial on census citizenship question to go forward
The Washington Post
November 2, 2018

Citizenship Question May Be ‘Major Barrier’ To 2020 Census Participation
NPR
November 1, 2018

With 2020 Census Looming, Governments Face Many Unknowns
Governing
November 2018

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Delay Census Citizenship Question Trial
NPR
October 29, 2018

Jeff Sessions Told DOJ Not to Discuss Citizenship Question Alternatives
NPR
October 27, 2018

Judge rebuffs Trump administration on census question trial
Reuters
October 26, 2018

High-Immigration States Diverge on Census Citizenship Question
Stateline
October 26, 2018

Houston’s $6 Billion Census Problem: Frightened Immigrants
Bloomberg
October 25, 2018

Supreme Court Rules Commerce Secretary Won’t Have to Answer Questions in Key Census Case
Mother Jones
October 23, 2018

Supreme Court shields Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from answering questions in census controversy
The Washington Post
October 22, 2018

Wilbur Ross Lied to Congress About the GOP’s Plot to Rig the Census. This Should Be a National Scandal.
The Daily Beast
October 18, 2018

Wilbur Ross, stop rigging the Census
The Washington Post
October 17, 2018

Wilbur Ross Changes Story on Discussions of Citizenship Question for Census
The New York Times
October 12, 2018

How Democrats would work to kill the census citizenship question if they win the midterms
The Washington Post
October 11, 2018

Wilbur Ross: The simple but explosive questions about the census he’s fighting not to answer
The Washington Post
October 11, 2018

Census Citizenship Question Lawsuits Move Toward Supreme Court Showdown
NPR
October 9, 2018

Supreme Court puts census-suit depositions on hold
Politico
October 9, 2018

Kavanaugh’s First Vote Could Help Trump Rig the 2020 Census
Daily Intelligencer
October 8, 2018

Supreme Court Sidesteps Dispute Over Ross Questioning in Census Suit
U.S. News & World Report
October 5, 2018

Ruth Bader Ginsburg denies DOJ request to block Ross deposition in 2020 Census case
The Hill
October 5, 2018

U.S. Census Bureau nominee says courts should decide citizenship question
Reuters
October 4, 2018

Trump has created a census conundrum for Latino groups with planned citizenship question
NBC News
October 4, 2018

Census Bureau Nominee Offers No Opinion On Census Citizenship Question
NPR
October 3, 2018

Worried about undercount, states and cities spend to promote 2020 census
Reuters
October 1, 2018

Trump Can’t Win the War on Demography
The New York Times
September 30, 2018

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Block Census Lawsuit Depositions
NPR
September 29, 2018

U.S. Census Bureau’s test of high-tech in R.I. a success, director says
Providence Journal
September 24, 2018

Inaccurate census counts could impact funding for pre-K, other programs
Education Dive
September 24, 2018

Judge rules Ross can be deposed over Census citizenship question
Politico
September 21, 2018

NYT Op-Ed on Census Question
The New York Times
September 19, 2018

DOJ Didn’t Want To Request Census Question During FBI’s ‘Comey Matter’
NPR
September 17, 2018

GAO: $15.6 billion census cost estimate not reliable
FCW
September 17, 2018

Researchers Say The 2020 Census Could Undercount Rural Residents In Texas
KUT
September 17, 2018

Hard-to-Count Populations Will Lose Federal Funding
U.S. News & World Report
September 14, 2018

Trump Officials Prepared For Supreme Court Fight Over Census Question
NPR
September 12, 2018

The decennial Census has big political and scientific problems, and not for the first time
Brookings
September 11, 2018

Fewer people are answering a U.S. agency’s citizenship query. That’s fueling fears for the 2020 census
Science
September 10, 2018

Trump Officials Say They Can’t Recall Discussing Census Citizenship Question
NPR
September 5, 2018

Watchdog says 2020 Census systems are riddled with security flaws
TechCrunch
August 30, 2018

More Census Research Highlights Issues With Asking Citizenship Question
TPM
August 29, 2018

Census Bureau Needs to Improve Minority Outreach Efforts, GAO Finds
Government Executive
August 29, 2018

2020 Census: Congressional Seats, Federal Funds at Risk
U.S. News & World Report
August 28, 2018

Shelby County Identified as Potentially Hard to Count in the Upcoming 2020 U.S. Census
The Memphis Economy
August 27, 2018

Courts Deliver Trump 5 Setbacks In Census Citizenship Lawsuits
NPR
August 22, 2018

California Legal Challenges To Census Citizenship Question To Continue
NPR
August 17, 2018

Census is “least sexy civil rights issue” with huge implications
CBS News
August 10, 2018

Census Citizenship Question Lawsuits In California Likely To Proceed, Judge Says
NPR
August 10, 2018

U.S. census citizenship question panned by scientists, civil rights groups
Reuters
August 9, 2018

Census Bureau Takes Hits from Lawsuits, GAO Review and Cancelled Contract
Government Executive
August 6, 2018

Why the Government Wants to Know Your Citizenship Status
The New York Times
August 4, 2018

Census 2020: How Is Philanthropy Responding to the Citizenship Question?
Inside Philanthropy
August 2, 2018

A Census Question That Could Change How Power Is Divided in America
The New York Times
July 31, 2018

Officials Botched 2020 Census Printing Contract, Report Finds
NPR
July 31, 2018

Trump Prepares to Bungle the 2020 Census
Bloomberg
July 31, 2018

The 2020 Census Is Already in Big Trouble
The Atlantic
July 31, 2018

Every Person Counts: Why the Census Must Be Rescued
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
July 31, 2018

Wilbur Ross’s false claim to Congress that the census citizenship question was DOJ’s idea
The Washington Post
July 30, 2018

If Trump’s so worried about rigged elections, no one show him his census
The Washington Post
July 29, 2018

Multi-State Lawsuit Against Census Citizenship Question To Move Ahead
NPR
July 26, 2018

Judge Allows Lawsuit Trying to Block Citizenship Question From Census
The New York Times
July 26, 2018

Trump Officials’ Unraveling Justification for the Census Citizenship Question
The Century Foundation
July 26, 2018

The Census Bureau owes us some peace of mind
The Washington Post
July 25, 2018

Census Bureau Stops Plans For 2020 Census Advisory Committee
NPR
July 25, 2018

New Emails Show Push by Trump Officials to Add Citizenship Question to Census
The New York Times
July 24, 2018

Wilbur Ross actively pushed to add citizenship question to 2020 Census, documents show
The Washington Post
July 24, 2018

Commerce Secretary Grew Impatient Over Census Citizenship Question, Emails Reveal
NPR
July 24, 2018

Cenveo $61M 2020 US Census Printing Contract Terminated by Department of Justice
Printing Impressions
July 23, 2018

Say No to a Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census
The Nation
July 23, 2018

Census Bureau nominee becomes lightning rod for debate over 2020 census
Science
July 20, 2018

A census citizenship question looked suspect from the start. Now a judge agrees.

The Washington Post
July 19, 2018

Americans can weigh in on 2020 Census until Aug. 7
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
July 19, 2018

Census Bureau faces hiring woes amid low unemployment
The Hill
July 18, 2018

White House Names Steven Dillingham To Head Census Bureau
NPR
July 18, 2018

Editorial: Local efforts key to accurate census
Ventura County Star
July 17, 2018

Latino Voters Move To Defend Census Immigrant Count In Lawsuit By Alabama
NPR
July 12, 2018

Citizenship Question Controversy Complicating Census 2020 Work, Bureau Director Says
NPR
July 11, 2018

Why Was a Citizenship Question Put on the Census? ‘Bad Faith,’ a Judge Suggests
The New York Times
July 10, 2018

How the End-to-End Test Census works
Providence Journal
July 5, 2018

Fear of census common for immigrants in R.I.
Providence Journal
July 5, 2018

Federal judge says Trump administration showed ‘bad faith’ in adding citizenship to census
The Washington Times
July 3, 2018

Experts Worried That 2020 Census Will Undercount Number Of Children
NPR
June 28, 2018

The Unpredictable Political Effects of 2020 Census Tinkering
The Atlantic
June 25, 2018

The US census counts on having all the data
The Financial Times
June 25, 2018

Latino leaders question Census head over citizenship query
Associated Press
June 23, 2018

Commerce secretary suggested citizenship question to Justice Dept., according to memo, contradicting his congressional testimony
The Washington Post
June 22, 2018

Census Overseers Seeded DOJ’s Request To Add Citizenship Question, Memo Shows
NPR
June 21, 2018

Wilbur Ross Contradicts Trump Administration Rationale For 2020 Census Citizenship Question
Huffington Post
June 21, 2018

House, Senate bills split on Census funding
FCW
June 20, 2018

Brig. Gen. Edward H. Gerhardt: National security, human potential depend on appropriate Census funding
The Topeka Capital-Journal
June 18, 2018

Alabama lawsuit tip of the spear in federal battle over “weaponizing” 2020 Census
AL.com
June 17, 2018

Top Census Official Warned Of Danger Of Adding A Citizenship Question To 2020 Census
Huffington Post
June 11, 2018

Documents Shed Light On Decision To Add Citizenship Question
NPR
June 10, 2018

Documents Show Political Lobbying in Census Question About Citizenship
The New York Times
June 9, 2018

Census urged to exclude undocumented immigrants in congressional seat count
USA Today
June 8, 2018

ACLU sues over plans for citizenship question on 2020 census
Associated Press
June 6, 2018

ACLU Sues Trump Over Census: “A Naked Act of Intentional Discrimination”
Mother Jones
June 6, 2018

Census Citizenship Fight Will Sway States’ Political Clout, Federal Money
Huffington Post
June 1, 2018

Lawsuit Says Citizenship Question on Census Targets Minorities for Political Gain
The New York Times
May 31, 2018

Texas Hispanic groups sue Trump administration over census citizenship question
The Texas Tribune
May 31, 2018

Phoenix votes to sue feds over 2020 Census question on citizenship
The Arizona Republic
May 22, 2018

Alabama politician slams census for counting undocumented immigrants: ‘This is America, not the United Nations’
Newsweek
May 22, 2018

Alabama sues Census Bureau for counting undocumented immigrants
The Hill
May 22, 2018

Senate Dems push administration on Census director
FCW
May 18, 2018

Exclusive: The would-be U.S. census director assails critics of citizenship question
Science
May 16, 2018

More money, more worries: 2020 census plans continue to generate controversy
Science
May 15, 2018

Wilbur Ross: ‘I don’t think the sky will fall’ with census citizenship question
Politico
May 14, 2018

Florida set to lose out on millions if census citizenship question stands
Sun-Sentinel
May 11, 2018

Trial Test Indicates Noncitizens Plan to Avoid 2020 Census
NPR
May 8, 2018

House oversight panel plans subpoena for Trump appointee
Associated Press
May 8, 2018

Citizens could also lose services if a citizenship question is added to the 2020 Census, lawsuit says
The Washington Post
May 7, 2018

Census citizenship question will limit the count, say R.I. immigrants
Providence Journal
May 4, 2018

Want to grow Texas jobs? Tell Congress to fund an accurate census
Houston Chronicle
May 3, 2018

Census 2020 Threatens Communities, Families and the Safety Net
Equal Voice News
May 3, 2018

New citizenship question, murky immigration policy, could impact 2020 Census results
Deseret News
May 1, 2018

The census is a threat to communities of color
The Washington Post
Apr. 30, 2018

Census Officials Say Rhode Island Rehearsals Going Well. Not Everyone Agrees
The New York Times
Apr. 28, 2018

New question on 2020 Census stoking immigration fears
Las Vegas Sun
Apr. 26, 2018

Commentary | A citizenship question will lead to an inaccurate census count in 2020
The San Diego Union Tribune
Apr. 25, 2018

Sessions defends census citizenship question as ‘common sense’
The Hill
Apr. 25, 2018

People worried about census citizenship question ‘don’t have to answer’
The Washington Times
Apr. 25, 2018

Flurry of lawsuits over citizenship question on census
The Hill
Apr. 17, 2018

Trump wants to ask about citizenship on the census. Here’s why the U.S. stopped in 1960.
NBC News
Apr. 16, 2018

GOP attorneys general support citizenship question on census
Associated Press
Apr. 15, 2018

Trump officials claim they can avoid 2020 census problems caused by controversial citizenship question. Experts are very skeptical
Science
Apr. 13, 2018

Citizenship Question Rankles in a Trial Run of 2020 Census
The Wall Street Journal
Apr. 13, 2018

House To Hold Hearing On Controversial Census Citizenship Question
NPR
Apr. 11, 2018

How a citizenship question on the census would hurt Texas
Dallas Morning News
Apr. 9, 2018

The citizenship question
The Baltimore Sun
Apr. 8, 2018

Opinion: Trump citizenship question threatens census’ mission
Detroit Free Press
Apr. 8, 2018

2020 census test has critics counting concerns, not people
Associated Press
Apr. 7, 2018

Critics fear 2020 Census will undercount ethnic and racial minorities
The Plain Dealer
Apr. 6, 2018

U.S. Census Is Not About Citizenship
Bloomberg
Apr. 4, 2018

Will Trump-era Census clip Latino political clout with citizenship question?
NBC
Apr. 3, 2018

17 States, 7 Cities Sue To Remove Citizenship Question From 2020 Census
NPR
Apr. 3, 2018

Texas loses big time with citizenship question
San Antonio Express-News
Apr. 3, 2018

Accurate 2020 Census count will empower state residents
Albany Times Union
Apr. 3, 2018

R.I. officials blast test-run of 2020 census
Providence Journal
Apr. 2, 2018

Census change will have a political impact. Question is: How much?
NBC News
Apr. 1, 2018

Count Down: How the Trump Administration Is Botching Its Only Trial Run for the 2020 Census
The Intercept
Mar. 31, 2018

Democrats Call For Senate Hearing Over 2020 Census And Citizenship Question
NPR
Mar. 30, 2018

Are You a U.S. Citizen? How a 2020 Census Question Could Affect States
The New York Times
Mar. 30, 2018

Census Advisory Panel Blasts Trump Admin Move To Add Citizenship Question
TPM
Mar. 30, 2018

The bitter lie behind the census’s citizenship question
The Washington Post
Mar. 29, 2018

AP FACT CHECK: Trump officials strain truth on census change
Associated Press
Mar. 29, 2018

A Census Citizenship Question Wouldn’t Just Impact Blue States
GOVERNING
Mar. 28, 2018

The Trump Administration Sabotages the Census
The New York Times
Mar. 27, 2018

Congress should stop the Trump administration from fouling the census
The Washington Post
Mar. 27, 2018

Rubio says asking citizenship question on census in Florida should be ‘no problem’
Tampa Bay Times
Mar. 27, 2018

Dems blast new citizenship question on census
The Hill
Mar. 27, 2018

Here’s Why an Accurate Census Count is So Important
The New York Times
Mar. 27, 2018

If Census Asks About Citizenship, Some Already Have an Answer: No Comment
The New York Times
Mar. 27, 2018

States, civil rights groups challenge decision to include citizenship question in census
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Mar. 27, 2018

California, NY sue Trump administration over addition of citizenship question to census
The Washington Post
Mar. 27, 2018

Why adding a citizenship question to the census launched a political firestorm
The Washington Post
Mar. 27, 2018

Democrats vow to fight Trump administration over census citizenship question
NBC News
Mar. 27, 2018

Wilbur Ross Overruled Career Officials at Census Bureau to Add Citizenship Question
ProPublica
Mar. 27, 2018

Despite Concerns, Census Will Ask Respondents if They Are U.S. Citizens
The New York Times
Mar. 26, 2018

The Trump administration is adding a citizenship question to the census. Here’s why that’s bad for Democrats
The Washington Post
Mar. 26, 2018

Citizenship question to return to 2020 census, Commerce Department announces
Fox News
Mar. 26, 2018

Ohio Researchers Say Citizenship Question Could Tarnish Census
Ohio News Service
Mar. 26, 2018

The Texas Census Is in Trouble
CityLab
Mar. 26, 2018

The 2020 Census received much more funding in the House spending bill than advocates had anticipated
The Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2018

Omnibus boosts Census funding
FCW
Mar. 22, 2018

Trump’s reelection campaign calls for adding citizenship question to 2020 census amid criticism that he is politicizing the count
The Washington Post
Mar. 20, 2018

How will Census Bureau’s IT upgrades hold up in April field test?
Federal News Radio
Mar. 19, 2018

A Million Children Didn’t Show Up In The 2010 Census. How Many Will Be Missing In 2020?
FiveThirtyEight
Mar. 19, 2018

Trump Is Fundraising Off a Question That Would Scare Immigrants Away From the Census
Mother Jones
Mar. 19, 2018

Underfunding, Canceled Tests Raise Fears About First-Ever Online Census
U.S. News & World Report
Mar. 19, 2018

Keeping Families Together
Center for American Progress
Mar. 16, 2018

No citizen question on the census
San Antonio Express-News
Mar. 11, 2018

Businesses Cannot Afford a Failed Census
InsideSources
Mar. 8, 2018

The Trump Appointee Behind the Move to Add a Citizenship Question to the Census
ProPublica
Mar. 7, 2018

U.S. Census Shouldn’t Ask About Citizenship
Bloomberg
Mar. 6, 2018

Idaho Census 2020 planning underway
Idaho Business Review
Mar. 6, 2018

The Next Census Will Shape Children’s Lives. Let’s Make Sure We Count Right
Education Week
Mar. 5, 2018

Rural Deep South at most risk of being overlooked in 2020 Census
McClatchy
Feb. 26, 2018

Science matters for the census
Science
Feb. 23, 2018

Extra Doorbells, Satellite Dishes: How Cities Search for People the Census May Miss
The New York Times
Feb. 22, 2018

Lawmakers press Census Bureau on readiness
FCW
Feb. 22, 2018

Citizenship Question Essential for Accurate U.S. Census
The Heritage Foundation
Feb. 21, 2018

If the Census Asks, “Are You a Citizen?”
The American Prospect
Feb. 20, 2018

US wants to add citizenship query to census, but group of states and DC protest
San Francisco Chronicle
Feb. 18, 2018

Citizenship Question Would Convert Census Into a GOP Voter Suppression Tool
The Daily Beast
Feb. 16, 2018

A Citizenship Question on the Census May Be Bad for Your Health
The New York Times
Feb. 14, 2018

Are you a citizen? N.J. says Census should not ask the question
NJ.com
Feb. 12, 2018

Budget increase for 2020 census falls short, advocates say
Science
Feb. 12, 2018

Trump’s Controversial Pick to Run the 2020 Census Withdraws
Mother Jones
Feb. 12, 2018

Census Sabotage
The New York Times
Feb. 9, 2018

New U.S. budget deal includes more funding for 2020 census
Science
Feb. 9, 2018

Economy and national security depend on an accurate Census
Fort Hood Herald
Feb. 7, 2018

Citizenship question drives uncertainty over 2020 census
The Hill
Feb. 6, 2018

Groups raise concerns about move to ask about citizenship on the Census
USA TODAY
Feb. 5, 2018

The 2020 census is in serious trouble
Vox
Feb. 5, 2018

Ensure Everyone Is Counted
U.S. News & World Report
Jan. 30, 2018

Citizenship question: political power shift?
CNN
Jan. 27, 2018

Commentary: A flawed Census could hurt Utah’s rural areas and marginalized communities
The Salt Lake Tribune
Jan. 26, 2018

America needs a Census Bureau director who will count all fairly
The Hill
Jan. 25, 2018

Potential citizenship question in 2020 Census could shift power to rural America
The Washington Post
Jan. 24, 2018

Trump officials want 2020 census to ask about citizenship
The Washington Times
Jan. 21, 2018

Editorial: Census 2020: High stakes for Illinois
Chicago Tribune
Jan. 19, 2018

Census prep suffers under a CR or a shutdown
FCW
Jan. 19, 2018

Trump’s revenge on California: The Census
Politico
Jan. 16, 2018

Mississippi’s rural black, Hispanic communities risk underrepresentation in 2020 census
Clarion Ledger
Jan. 13, 2018

Under Trump, the U.S. census could make our democracy even worse.
NewsBroke
Jan. 12, 2018

Census Uncertainty Spurs State Action To Prevent Undercounting
Huffington Post
Jan. 11, 2018

The Controversial Question DOJ Wants to Add to the U.S. Census
The Atlantic
Jan. 10, 2018

Trump Administration’s Push For Citizenship Question On Census Alarms Critics
KUT
Jan. 10, 2018

Census 2020 doesn’t need citizenship question
USA TODAY
Jan. 8, 2018

Gazette opinion: Census underfunding may cost Montana dearly
Billings Gazette
Jan. 8, 2018

Congress must guard accuracy, use of census
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jan. 5, 2018

Editorial: Why the census shouldn’t try to count undocumented immigrants
Los Angeles Times
Jan. 4, 2018

Critics Say Questions About Citizenship Could Wreck Chances for an Accurate Census
The New York Times
Jan. 2, 2018

The Trump administration pushes for a change that could derail the census
The Washington Post
Jan. 2, 2018

The Race to Be Census-Ready
Governing
January 2018