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COMIC: How The Census Turns Into Political Power (And What Trump Wants To Change)

NPR | By Connie Hanzhang Jin,

Hansi Lo Wang

Published December 31, 2020 at 5:00 AM EST

Edited byAcacia SquiresandNicole Werbeck, with copy-editing by Preeti Aroon

Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) is a national correspondent for NPR reporting on the people, power and money behind the U.S. census.

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