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This year, the U.S. federal government will conduct the long-awaited 2020 Census. This extraordinary survey will measure how America's population has evolved since 2010 after the nation experienced monumental changes in its ethnic and racial diversity. What types of population changes will the United States undergo in the upcoming decade? In today'...

Direct Relief is a humanitarian non-profit organization that seeks to support people all over the world through disasters. Their mission is to improve the lives of all people. They have helped communities through issues such as poor health conditions, disease outbreaks, and hurricane relief.  In one of their most recent projects, Direct Relief prov...

Looking back at our recent voting history can be unnerving: of the total voter eligible ballots counted in 2014 (a non-presidential election), only 63.3% of the voter eligible population voted, a 72-year low. Put another way, approximately 143 million people did not vote. In the last presidential election in 2016, nearly 92 million eligible people ...

At this time of year,  people are coming together throughout the world to celebrate their favorite traditions with friends, family, and sometimes even complete strangers. Communities across the globe have different traditions for Christmas, as well as other celebrations, and we think that it will be fun to explore a few of them.  So, sip that hot c...

Next year, California will help the U.S. government count its population for the 2020 Census. According to Vann Newkirk II, a staff writer for The Atlantic, "[T]he census is vital to the country's functioning. It's not just a count of all households. It's also an augur of political, economic, and cultural forces - a predictor and allocator of power...