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The decennial census report duly noted the territorial populations up front, but then quietly dropped them from nearly all calculations that followed. As the 1910 report explained, those statistics covered “the United States proper” only. The United States proper wasn’t a legal term, but census officials expected that everyone would understand. They justified this by claiming “obvious differences” between people in the overseas territories and those on the mainland.
How to Hide an Empire
Daniel Immerwahr
Demolishing someone’s home for the convenience of a suburbanite driving an electric car is hardly better than if the car were powered by gasoline.
Opinion | Mr. Biden, Tear Down This Highway
Adam Paul Susaneck
For years, civic tech has focused on the things that digital tools do well – data, numbers, and text. It has often emphasised written comments, voting ideas up and down, and the statistical analysis of responses. And perhaps most tellingly, it has focused on single events, whether participatory budgeting processes or major events such as the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Why Its Time for a New Approach to Civic Tech
democracy-technologies.org
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