Topic: Minorities
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The Demographic Milestone of the 2012 Election
For the first time, blacks voted at a higher rate nationally than whites.
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Charts
The Hidden Poverty Rates of Smaller U.S. Minority Communities
New Census data sheds light on the relationship between poverty and selected racial groups in American cities.
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Maps
Diversity in the 113th Congress Looks Pathetic When You Plot It On a Map
Race and gender ratios in the U.S. House: Still terrible.
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The Startling Urban Dynamic in Pennsylvania's Voter ID Law
Philadelphia voters are in uncharted territory as the state fights over restrictive new ID legislation.
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U.S. Metros Are Ground Zero for Majority-Minority Populations
More than half of all babies now born in America are minorities. Here's how that's already playing out at the metropolitan level.
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Ignoring Canada’s Minorities in Police Statistics
A new study finds that a majority of police agencies don’t track race in immigrant-rich country.
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Increasing Density and Diversity Likely to Make Western States More Blue
A new report finds growing urban and minority populations that will affect redistricting and reapportionment in the Mountain West.
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Democracy in America
Fixing a City by Dividing It Up
Escondido is almost half Latino, but has elected only one Hispanic city councilman in 120 years. A new lawsuit aims to change that
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Brazil's Population Is Now Majority Minority
Preliminary results from 2010 census shows the mixed-race and black population has tipped the scale at the same time the country's cities saw remarkably high growth rates
