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The importance of the Census remains despite the 2020 Census having closed already. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA | DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Once in a decade: purpose and impacts of the US census

Rachel Do November 4, 2020

The 2020 census has closed, and the demographic data collected this year will shape the landscape of political representation in the country for another decade. The census, conducted by the U.S....

New student group BU Students Against Mass Incarceration launched this month with the goal of teaching the student body about BU’s participation in the prison system. COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA

New student organization calls for BU to divest from private prison system

Sofia Saric April 26, 2019
Boston University Students Against Mass Incarceration, a new student-run private prison divestment campaign, launched this month with the goal of educating the student body about BU’s participation in the prison industrial complex.

Maura Healey, William Galvin oppose citizenship question in census

Leonora Telford February 16, 2018

A letter sent Monday to the United States Department of Justice asking them not to inquire about citizenship status on the 2020 census was co-authored by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. The...

Thomas Perls, professor of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine, was added to the United States Census Bureau National Advisory Committee on Monday. PHOTO COURTESY THOMAS PERLS

BU professor chosen to assist with 2020 Census

Sekar Krisnauli October 21, 2015

Boston University School of Medicine professor Thomas Perls has been named one of three new members of the United States Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations,...

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