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Asian characters in American films are historically less integral to the stories and written with less depth. However, things have noticeably shifted over the past few years, which you can see through the history of Oscar nominations. For The New York Times, K.K. Rebecca Lai provides a rundown Asian actor nominations.
Tags: Asian, movies, New York Times, Oscars, representation
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The Census Bureau released state population counts for 2020. Here's how each state gained and lost population and seats.
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The Census Bureau announced their state population totals, so we can see who gained and lost seats:
The tables aren’t accessible yet, but during the live conference, the bureau noted that the difference between New York losing a seat (which they did) and staying the same was only a difference of 89 people. It’ll be interesting to see these small deltas for all the states.
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The 2020 Census count at the state level is set for release this afternoon, April 26 at 12pm PST. While we wait, Gregory Korte and Allison McCartney, reporting for Bloomberg, show which states are expected to lose and gain representation.
I appreciate the streamgraph that shows how the distribution of seats changed over the decades, along with the bar chart mouseover so you can see the shift for each state individually.
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Harry Stevens, Tara Bahrampour and Ted Mellnik for The Washington Post look at how the upcoming Census count affects representation in the House. Montana and Rhode Island are projected to gain and lose a seat, respectively, which switches their positions in terms of seats per population.
The explanation of how counts and representation work, with a progression from abstract concept to specific cases, is on point.
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For The Pudding, Michelle McGhee analyzed representation in crossword puzzles. Some crossword publications do better than others.
As of December 2019, The USA Today puzzle is edited by Erik Agard, a 27-year old crossword champ who told me, “bringing some balance on the representation front is something I actively try to do.” A prominent crossword blogger called USA Today’s puzzle “the most interesting, innovative, and provocative daily crossword” out right now. Let’s take a look at how USA Today, and other publications, are taking a puzzle that’s been called too old, too white, too male, and changing it up.
The story also comes with playable, data-generated puzzles so that you can feel the difference over decades.
Tags: crosswords, Pudding, representation
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