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I haven’t gotten my census form yet. This really worries me for a number of reasons. First of all, a lot of people I know (well, one, actually) have gotten theirs. Why have I been left out? I don’t ...

Nearly 30,000 census takers are gathering data that had a direct impact on government policies and planning, but for workers ...

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“I’ll do my civic duty,” I thought, when the little Census Bureau post card arrived in the mail asking citizens if they’d like to help count every person in the country. Besides, I told myself it’ll ...