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Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month U.S. Census Bureau worker Jennifer Pope wears a face covering at a walk-up counting site in Greenville, Texas, on July 31. The bureau is ending all counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept. 30, a month shorter than previously announced, the bureau's director confirmed Monday. LM Otero/AP hide caption toggle caption LM Otero/AP National Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month Under pressu

Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month U.S. Census Bureau worker Jennifer Pope wears a face covering at a walk-up counting site in Greenville, Texas, on July 31. The bureau is ending all counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept. 30, a month shorter than previously announced, the bureau's director confirmed Monday. LM Otero/AP hide caption toggle caption LM Otero/AP National Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month Under pressu

Census, Cut Short A Month, Rushes To Finish All Counting Efforts By Sept. 30 U.S. Census Bureau worker Jennifer Pope wears a face covering at a walk-up counting site in Greenville, Texas, on July 31. The bureau is ending all counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept. 30, a month shorter than previously announced, the bureau's director confirmed Monday. LM Otero/AP hide caption toggle caption LM Otero/AP National Census, Cut Short A Month, Rushes To Finish All Counting Efforts By Sept. 30

Census, Cut Short A Month, Rushes To Finish All Counting Efforts By Sept. 30 U.S. Census Bureau worker Jennifer Pope wears a face covering at a walk-up counting site in Greenville, Texas, on July 31. The bureau is ending all counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept. 30, a month shorter than previously announced, the bureau's director confirmed Monday. LM Otero/AP hide caption toggle caption LM Otero/AP National Census, Cut Short A Month, Rushes To Finish All Counting Efforts By Sept. 30

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'They Know What A Pandemic Is': HIV Survivors See Similarities To AIDS Epidemic The Coronavirus Crisis 'They Know What A Pandemic Is': HIV Survivors See Similarities To AIDS Epidemic KQED The coronavirus pandemic feels eerily familiar to people who faced the AIDS crisis. It triggers memories of confusion over how the disease is transmitted and huge numbers of people dying quickly.

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'We Always Knew What It Stood For': Small Texas Town Torn Over Its Confederate Statue National 'We Always Knew What It Stood For': Small Texas Town Torn Over Its Confederate Statue More than 60 monuments that celebrate the Confederacy and its military men have come down in cities all across America. But more than 1,700 remain, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

'We Always Knew What It Stood For': Small Texas Town Torn Over Its Confederate Statue National 'We Always Knew What It Stood For': Small Texas Town Torn Over Its Confederate Statue More than 60 monuments that celebrate the Confederacy and its military men have come down in cities all across America. But more than 1,700 remain, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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States Are Broke And Many Are Eyeing Massive Cuts. Here's How Yours Is Doing Daniel Wood/NPR COVID-19 Throws States Into Budget Crises States Are Broke And Many Are Eyeing Massive Cuts. Here's How Yours Is Doing Some states face record-breaking deficits because of the coronavirus pandemic. We asked local reporters across the country to tell us what could be on the chopping block in your state.

States Are Broke And Many Are Eyeing Massive Cuts. Here's How Yours Is Doing Daniel Wood/NPR COVID-19 Throws States Into Budget Crises States Are Broke And Many Are Eyeing Massive Cuts. Here's How Yours Is Doing Some states face record-breaking deficits because of the coronavirus pandemic. We asked local reporters across the country to tell us what could be on the chopping block in your state.

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2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes NPR Analysis 2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes With three months until Election Day, Trump's handling of COVID-19 and race relations have further hurt his reelection chances. States now leaning toward Democrat Joe Biden would be enough to win.

2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes NPR Analysis 2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes With three months until Election Day, Trump's handling of COVID-19 and race relations have further hurt his reelection chances. States now leaning toward Democrat Joe Biden would be enough to win.