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The government's decision in April 2025 on the inclusion of caste enumeration in the upcoming decennial census represents a seismic shift, ending deliberate amb ...

(THE CONVERSATION) As part of the Trump administration’s efforts aimed at stopping diversity, equity and inclusion, the government has been restricting how it monitors public health. Along with cuts ...

Without concerted actions, we risk failing our young people in the second critical period in their development after ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The ...

In truth, whether we’re talking GDP, economic growth, deflation or demographics ... Yet this research is not necessary to know that something is fishy in the Chinese data.

He directs the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program ... not to affect population-level measures of violence. The problem areas in implementation are incomplete data due to failed ...

No, this is another, much less-known example of massive growth these past several years. This is a chart of the number of ...

The June 10 front-page article “Empty desks,” which focused on chronic student absenteeism in D.C., reflected problems experienced by school districts and communities around the country, especially ...

As public health data becomes harder to access, journalists and experts at AHCJ25 shared tips and tools for uncovering and ...

DEI promised to remake academia and the American workforce. And then it collapsed, seemingly overnight. What went wrong?

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