Calendar timing means virus deaths won’t be seen in census
A calendar coincidence means the human loss from the coronavirus will not be reflected in the 2020 census, which could save a congressional seat for New York but cost Alabama one.
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In Biden administration reversal, Justice Dept. drops discrimination suit against Yale
A brief, two-sentence filing in U.S. District Court in Connecticut gave notice of the government’s “voluntary dismissal of this action.”
CUNY Names Presidents of Lehman College and Guttman Community College
The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York today voted to appoint two experienced leaders of public higher education as the new presidents of Lehman College and Guttman Community College. The appointments, which will be effective July 1, bring to nine the number of CUNY college presidencies filled since Chancellor Félix V. … Read more
Racial, ethnic diversity increases yet again with the 117th Congress
About a quarter of voting members (23%) of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are racial or ethnic minorities, making the 117th Congress the most racially and ethnically diverse in history. There has been a long-running trend toward higher numbers of non-White lawmakers on Capitol Hill: This is the sixth Congress to break the … Read more
Census Numbers For Dividing Up House Seats Delayed Until April 30, Bureau Says
Disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and last-minute changes by the Trump administration, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Wednesday that the release of the first results of the 2020 census will likely be delayed by four months.
Immigration reform bill could allow Southeast Asian American deportees to return
Southeast Asian Americans saw a rise in detentions and deportations under Trump. The New Way Forward Act, introduced by Democratic lawmakers, would let some reopen their cases.