WASHINGTON - To keep pace with rapidly changing notions of race, the Census Bureau wants to make broad changes to its surveys that would treat "Hispanic" as a distinct category ...

Cabinet Committee decides on caste census for transformative governance, addressing inequities and enhancing democratic ...

The last census offered five options: black, white, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, and other. It asked a follow-up question to get a separate count of Hispanics, who can ...

Just over half of U.S. adults (52%) say they favor allowing public school teachers to lead their classes in prayers that ...

A new study from the NIH’s All of Us program is shaking up long-held assumptions by revealing that genetic ancestry rarely ...

Native American deaths are significantly undercounted because of errors in death certificates, a new study claims.

A conservative group is urging Indiana to investigate its largest health network over alleged illegal DEI practices in hiring, contracting, and patient care.

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Caste, a word foreign in origin but deeply immersed in India's identity today, has travelled centuries and continents. From colonial classification to present-day politics, it continues to define ...

If entire population groups cannot understand their place in society, how can they participate meaningfully in it?