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Trump Wants the Census to Stop Collecting Race and Ethnicity Data

Trump Admin Officially Moves to Reshape National Political Power With New Changes to 2030 Census

Trump administration proposes changes to census that could exclude millions

Getting help to disaster survivors takes more than good weather forecasts

How The Federal Data Landscape Is Changing With Denice Ross

Trump’s War on Reality Comes for the Census

Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more

The EPA’s data on cancer risk from air pollution has gone dark

Former federal data officials answer the question: How many federal datasets have been terminated since January 2025?

Governing in the Dark: A New Watchdog Reveals the True Cost of Lost Data

On the Data Dish, we’re checking the pulse of America’s public data systems

Where U.S. Government Data Is Disappearing

Census Bureau Quietly Scraps Plan for Improved Data Collection on Race and Ethnicity

Trump Has ‘Almost Completely’ Erased LGBTQ+ Data. Is Race Next?

Better decisions depend on data, but only if people can actually use it

The Fight For The Public Record

Federal Data, Local Impact: What Cities Need to Know

Researchers Mobilize to Defend America's Public Data Infrastructure

The Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are 5 ways it’s hurting Americans

Demographic Data and the Perfect Census

America's Data Crisis: Saving Trusted Facts Is Essential to Democracy

Disappearing Federal Data

Availability of Federal Data: Policy Considerations for Disclosure, Preservation, and Governance

Trump’s Minions Have Quietly Disappeared Most Federal Data on Gender Identity

LGBTQ data is disappearing under Trump, reports find

The Federal SOGI Data Landscape Under the Second Trump Administration: One Year In Review

Removal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity from Federal Data Collections

The Future of America’s Data: Policy, Risk, and Resilience with Denice Ross

Federal Data Is Disappearing

The Trump administration's 'war on measurement' is scrubbing consequential data for Floridians

Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist on Public Data Under Siege

America’s Statistical System Is Breaking Down

Turning Federal Data Into Action

Economic Data Dashboards Flourish to Track the Trump Effect

Five Things You Can Do to Protect Public Data

Ensuring the Future of Essential Health Data for All Americans

Trump’s Data Cuts Could Leave Nonprofits ‘Flying Blind’

How to navigate the impact of manipulation and removal of federal data: Expert advice, reporting tips and resources

What Happens When We Can’t Rely On Federal Data

UNGA, Advise & Consent, Democratic Data

The Big Beautiful Bill has a SNAP Poison Pill

Preserving and Rebuilding Public Data Systems: A Framework for Funders

How Third-Party Data Can Strengthen the Strained Federal Data Landscape

Federal data website outage raises concerns among advocates

Government health datasets were altered without documentation, Lancet study shows

Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

Federal data has been disappearing under Trump

Why are data nerds racing to save US government statistics?

America’s Data Future: Towards A Roadmap for Action

Inside efforts to capture federal data after ‘the big takedown’

These geeks are building an early warning system for disappearing government data