According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois has lost more people than any other state during the course of the year.
A coalition of civil rights groups urge the Census Bureau to change its policy of how counting prisoners. In a letter they say dislocating the prisoners is discriminatory and distorts democracy.
What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans – nearly 1 in 2 – have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income. The latest census data depict a middle class that’s shrinking as unemployment stays high and the government’s safety net frays. […]
