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Census data is used to allocate federal funds, which sometimes target specific populations. In the case of Portuguese-speaking Cantabrigians, such funds would go toward social services and educational programs in Portuguese.
Meanwhile, leaders in the Portuguese-speaking community are encouraging members to write “Portuguese” as their ethnicity on census forms, instead of White, Black, or Latino. Leaders hope that the write-in campaign will result in a census that represents a more accurate count of a...
The information gathered in this census will be used to allocate political representation in Congress, apportion federal funds and levy taxes according to population.
But even when not invoking ethnic stereotypes, Steele’s uncontrollable logorrhea has never failed to undermine the Republican message. For example, during the debate of the Democrats’ stimulus plan, Steele audaciously proclaimed that “You and I know that in the history of mankind...
Romney has new challenges too. For one, he hasn't demonstrated that he has learned some key lessons from 2008, and he still seems unable to talk openly and with passion about his faith or political convictions. This has led to his second problem: among much of the Republican Party...