by GCV Education Fund | Jan 31, 2020 | Democracy
What exactly is gerrymandering – and why should environmentalists care? Once every decade, the U.S. Census is conducted. This historical record counts all persons living within the population. The final counts are then used to recalculate the number of seats that each...
by GCV Education Fund | Jan 31, 2020 | Democracy, Environmental Justice
Every ten years, the U.S. government issues a census survey to collect information about the American population. The information that is collected is used for two critical purposes: 1. More than $1.5 trillion in federal funding is distributed to state and local...