Witness: The Civil Rights Blog

Dropping race and ethnicity questions from the 2030 census would make civil rights laws much harder to enforce. Here’s what’s at stake and what you can do.

A proposed Commerce Department rule would remove race and ethnicity questions from the 2030 census. Here’s why health departments rely on that data to find who is most at risk — and how to comment before the Nov. 2 deadline.

The administration wants to scrap 1,400+ Head Start standards that protect 700,000 kids. Comments close Oct. 6. Here's what's at stake and how to act.

While it is important to promote and build awareness of the ACS overall, advocates must also be aware of the challenges to the integrity of the survey and we are committed to fighting for an accurate count.

Nearly one-third of U.S. workers lack digital skills, even as many jobs require them. Without training, AI readiness, and access, workers cannot compete in today’s economy. The Digital Equity Act (DEA) was designed to close that gap for workers and more communities, but one year ago, President Trump dismantled it.

An accurate decennial census count is the foundation on which resources, representation, rights are shaped and allocated in this country. But earlier this year, the U.S. Census Bureau made an announcement that could drastically shift the effectiveness of our next census. But earlier this year, the U.S. Census Bureau made an announcement that could drastically shift the effectiveness of our next census.

Anti-Arab racism can present in the false equivalence of advocacy for Palestinian human rights or Palestinian liberation with support for terrorism and in claims that treat criticism of the state of Israel or the ideology of Zionism as inherently hateful.

“What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.”