The debate on caste, not just OBC, census is becoming a serious political issue in the country. But the secular, liberal and left intellectuals–economists, sociologists, political scientists– are behaving as if they are a neutral force on this issue. Would they have behaved in the same way if the Government were to say that it would not do religion census as well? I am sure they would not. They would have filled the[Read More...]
Slimeball by Nancy OhanianEveryone I know is having psychological problems right now-- some very mildly and some... well, at least one person I know committed suicide. In the middle of an out-of-contril, deadly pandemic, we have enough to worry about without a narcissistic madman threatening to destroy our democracy and the nation itself.
The Census and Facebook: Working Hand-in-Glove to Censor the Internet
by James Bovard
The same agency that once helped the Army round up Japanese Americans has now achieved protected status on social media.
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal’s Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg reported that “new state population totals released Monday offer fresh signs that political power is poised to continue its shift from the North and Midwest to the South and Southwest in ways that could help states that have voted Republican in recent years.” The Census Bureau rel
It came as no surprise that New York would be losing a congressional seat after the census. Speculation in Albany over a year ago was that NY-27, a large rural district in the western part of the state-- then held by crooked Trumpist Chris Collins-- would be divided up between NY-26 (Buffalo- D+11), NY-25 (Rochester- D+8) and NY-23 (Southern Tier- R+6).
The Trump administration’s decision to add a controversial question on citizenship status to the 2020 Census questionnaire is its latest attack on immigrant communities—a far-reaching power grab disguised as a technicality.
Legal advocates for Latinos and communities of color are seeing it as a declaration of domestic political war.
This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Young Americans in record numbers are leaving their desk jobs for farm lands; California might decriminalize magic mushrooms; and Detroit is building community by building local internet.
This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Young Americans in record numbers are leaving their desk jobs for farm lands; California might decriminalize magic mushrooms; and Detroit is building community by building local internet.
Saudis scan fingerprints for SIMs; the BBC's imaginary detector vans are now pretending to sniff your wi-fi; and rural Minnesota towns take high-speed internet into their own hands.
