This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately ...

Florida state Rep. Anna Eskamani poses out front of her office Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is announcing changes to how it ...

When Monica Sanchez fills out official forms that inquire about race, she sometimes feels annoyed by the options. “I’m like: No, I’m not white. I’m not Black or Asian. That is basically the only ...

The U.S. Census Bureau will have new categories for race and ethnicity for the first time in 27 years, directly affecting people who identify as Hispanic, Latino, Middle Eastern and North African.

Earlier this year, the Biden administration announced some proposed changes to the U.S. census. Those changes include the addition of a Middle Eastern and North African category and asking Latinos ...

The term “affirmative action” has a long history in the United States. One early reference appears in an executive order that President John F. Kennedy signed in 1961, directing federal contractors to ...

Middle Eastern and North African people in Nevada who are often misclassified as white or undercounted by state service providers will have a choice to self-identify for the first time under a new sub ...

BACKGROUND While recent decades have seen gradual convergence in ethno-racial disparities in completed fertility in the United States, differences in the age pattern of first births remain. The role ...