| Citizenship and the census: What’s at stake in Supreme Court case Posted: 23 Apr 2019 02:38 PM PDT ![Citizenship and the census: What's at stake in Supreme Court case]( "Citizenship and the census: What's at stake in Supreme Court case") In the argument this morning, however, the court's five conservative justices sounded more accepting of the government's argument that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross didn't overstep his authority in seeking to reinstate a citizenship question. Were the 2020 census to include a citizenship question, research by the Census Bureau found that the question would decrease responses from noncitizen households by at least 5.8%, leading to an undercount of approximately 6.5 million people – about the population of Tennessee.
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| After the bombings, searching for sense in Sri Lanka Posted: 23 Apr 2019 02:28 PM PDT ![After the bombings, searching for sense in Sri Lanka]( "After the bombings, searching for sense in Sri Lanka") Sri Lanka held a day of mourning Tuesday and began to bury the dead from Sunday's multiple bombings of churches and hotels. Authorities said suicide bombers targeted Easter worshippers and foreign tourists, killing 321 people and wounding hundreds more – making it Asia's deadliest terrorist attack in decades. On Easter morning, as much of the world woke up to news of the attack, the tragedy seemed to fit an all too familiar pattern: one more massacre against a religious community that would heighten interfaith tensions.
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| Ukraine’s bold choice of a wit to restore trust Posted: 23 Apr 2019 01:03 PM PDT ![Ukraine's bold choice of a wit to restore trust]( "Ukraine's bold choice of a wit to restore trust") Until last Sunday when it elected a new president, Ukraine held a dubious world title. In other former Soviet states, the level of trust is 48%. What's more, Ukraine is one of the most corrupt and poorest nations in Europe.
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| Why the Arab battle for democracy now runs through Sudan Posted: 23 Apr 2019 12:44 PM PDT ![Why the Arab battle for democracy now runs through Sudan]( "Why the Arab battle for democracy now runs through Sudan") Who should rule Sudan? More than a week after nationwide civilian protests led to the military ouster of Sudanese strongman Omar al-Bashir, ending his 30-year reign, the military and protesters camped out in front of the army's headquarters in Khartoum remain deadlocked. Previously, the army had positioned itself on the side of the civilians, as unrest that started in December over economic conditions grew into nationwide protests over Mr. Bashir's grip on power.
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