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Proposed U.S. Census Changes Could Be Catastrophic for Public Health

Nancy Krieger Stat
In 2030, U.S. mortality and morbidity rates will suddenly jump. This will happen not because there is a new pandemic or a sudden rise in cases of existing diseases or injuries, or decline in access to health care. Why? Because the census will change.

Biden’s Supreme Court Pick

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Appointing a centrist whom Republicans love is the wrong sort of bipartisanship. Naming a Supreme Court justice whom Republicans just love is the wrong sort of unity, and it would appall his own most loyal supporters.

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Caste, Race — And Class

Sujatha Gidla & Alan Horn New Left Review
New York Times Pulitzer writer Isabel Wilkerson was widely applauded for two books on caste, using racial discrimination analysis that flourished in 1940s academia. But does her U.S. model explain other forms of discrimination internationally?
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