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Expanded Child Tax Credit is Key to Reducing Child Poverty, New Census Data Illustrate

September 10, 2024 • By Jon Whiten

From 2021-2023, child poverty has more than doubled from 5.2 to 13.7 percent. The latest Census data make clear that lawmakers have the tools to help millions of children and their families – and it’s beyond time they take action.

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The Role of Census Data in Policy and Racial Equity

October 18, 2021 • By Emma Sifre

The Census has changed the way it asks questions in the past and can choose to do so again in the future. As the Biden administration makes data a central part of its plan to achieve greater racial equity, it has an opportunity to implement research-backed changes that will improve our understanding of race and ethnicity in the United States, and in turn, our ability to draw meaningful conclusions about how our tax laws impact tax filers of different races.