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New 'Latino' and 'Middle Eastern or North African' checkboxes may be coming to the U.S. Census

The Biden administration is proposing changes to the U.S. census and federal surveys that research shows will make data on Latinos and people of Middle Eastern or North African descent more accurate.

NPR correspondent Hansi Lo Wang joins us to talk through these potential changes.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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