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Here Are the Winners and Losers of the 2020 Census

Brian Cahn/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The US Census Bureau, beleaguered by a pandemic and a now-defeated president who was intent on making America’s 2020 headcount even more partisan than usual, released its congressional reapportionment…

Court Shoots Down Trump’s Effort to End the Census Early, Deadline Extended to October 31

An organizer helps spread the word about the census in California in August.Terry Pierson/Orange County Register/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.A federal court has ordered the Census Bureau to continue counting United States residents through October 31, reversing a move by the…

A Federal Judge Stopped Trump from Scaling Back the Census

Robyn Beck/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.For more than a year, President Donald Trump has been attempting to undermine the 2020 census, pushing legal boundaries to ask respondents about their immigration status and exclude undocumented immigrants, even as the bureau struggled to mount its…