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A Former Census Taker Says Undercounting Is Inevitable

Published on January 18th, 2011

The news that California officials estimate a 1.5 million undercount in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2010 state population came as no surprise to me, a one-time census taker. In the late 1980s, I moved from Seattle to the San Joaquin Valley. While...

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Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 Would Close Loophole

Published on January 17th, 2011

birthright citizenship, Blog

With H.R. 140, the “Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011,” the current practice of granting automatic citizenship simply by virtue of a child having been birthed on U.S. soil, regardless of the legal status of the child’s parents, would be eliminated. It’s about...

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Want to go to college? Not in California

Published on January 13th, 2011

Blog, education

California’s budget crisis will now be handled by adults according to newly-minted and former California Governor Jerry Brown. Nothing is off the table Brown said- except those who have collective bargaining contracts. That grown-up budget conversation came at the expense of the...

Jan

Thoughts About Tucson: Gabby Giffords, Media Speculation and Civility

Published on January 12th, 2011

Blog, Uncategorized

In Tucson this past Saturday, an act of senseless violence took the lives of six human beings while 14 others were left wounded. Among the wounded was a sitting member of Congress, Representative Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords and among the dead was a...

Jan

New Study Analyzes How Growth Impacts Income, Unemployment, Poverty

Published on January 11th, 2011

Blog, environment

Fodor & Associates, a Eugene, Oregon-based consulting firm that specializes in community planning and land use, released a report last month of a study that looked at the connection between growth and economic prosperity in the 100 largest U.S. metro areas. Fodor...

Jan

In Australia, Ignoring Population Growth Brings Down a Political Party

Published on January 10th, 2011

Blog, population growth

In my November 15 blog, I wrote about our Australian allies that CAPS representatives met in Washington DC during the fourth annual Population Strategy Meeting. As I wrote, The Stable Population Party, a federally registered political entity made up of committed people...

A Former Census Taker Says Undercounting Is Inevitable

Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 Would Close Loophole

Want to go to college? Not in California

Thoughts About Tucson: Gabby Giffords, Media Speculation and Civility

New Study Analyzes How Growth Impacts Income, Unemployment, Poverty

In Australia, Ignoring Population Growth Brings Down a Political Party

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