“Are you a U.S. citizen?” The Trump administration did not have good intentions when they proposed adding that question to the Census. Even though the Trump administration claimed the reason for adding a citizenship question to the Census was to enforce the Voting Rights Act, months of investigations…
There is power in numbers, and the U.S. Census is one way Latinos can show our government who we are and what we need. Every 10 years, each person living in the U.S. has a chance to fill out the Census form. The responses generate updated statistics of…
What’s all the fuss about the Census, anyway? What’s so important about a form that comes in the mail every ten years? Well, believe it or not, this form has a lot of power. The data collected from the Census helps make sure we have equal representation and…
Myth 1: The Census doesn’t impact me. False! The Census determines who your elected representatives will be, and who gets over $800 BILLION in federal funding for health care, education, housing, transportation, and more. Myth 2: The government will share my information. Not true. Your Census responses “can…
When author Julissa Arce started her career at Goldman Sachs, she was undocumented and surrounded by people with privileged upbringings. She felt like she didn’t belong. “A lot of times it’s in your head. My colleagues didn’t really expressively make me feel like I was less than them.” …
When author Julissa Arce started her career at Goldman Sachs, she was undocumented and surrounded by people with privileged upbringings. She felt like she didn’t belong. “A lot of times it’s in your head. My colleagues didn’t really expressively make me feel like I was less than them.” …
From “Hispanic” to “Latino,” and recently “Latinx,” the conversation around identity and labels is fierce, and a new term seems to become popular every few years. The origins of these labels stem from this map… Look familiar? The green was Mexico, before the U.S. acquired what today is…