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Hansi Lo Wang

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) is a correspondent for NPR reporting on the state of U.S. democracy, including the election process, voting rights and the census.

Wang was the first journalist to uncover plans by former President Donald Trump's administration to end 2020 census counting early.

His investigation into the decades-long campaign for a census citizenship question was honored by the Society of Professional Journalists with a Sigma Delta Chi Award. Wang also earned the American Statistical Association's Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award and a National Headliner Award for his reporting on the 2020 census.

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Thursday

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What the 2020 census can — and can't — tell us about LGBTQ+ people

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Wednesday

Demonstrators opposed to partisan gerrymandering hold up representations of congressional districts from North Carolina (left) and Maryland (right) outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2019. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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Is drawing a voting map that helps a political party illegal? Only in some states

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Monday

A person wearing a mask walks past a sign encouraging people to complete the 2020 census in Los Angeles. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Friday

Demonstrators gather outside the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, N.C., with a "FLUSH GERRYMANDER" inflatable on the day the state's highest court held a rehearing for the redistricting case known nationally as Moore v. Harper. Bob Karp/ZUMA Press/Alamy hide caption

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Thursday

A complicated process of reviewing the federal government's standards for data about race and ethnicity has resurfaced a thorny conversation about how to categorize people's identities. FotografiaBasica via Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Demonstrators hold signs about counting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. census during a 2019 protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., against the failed push to add a citizenship question by former President Donald Trump's administration. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Did the last census overcount Asian Americans? It depends on where you look

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Friday

Census Bureau Director Barbara Bryant (center) participates in a press conference about the 1990 census in Denver with the city's mayor, Federico Peña (right), and William Adams, a regional director for the bureau. Brian Brainerd/The Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

A Supreme Court justice's paragraph could mean weaker protections for voters of color

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Sunday

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (left) stands next to Chief Justice John Roberts outside the court in 2017. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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How a Supreme Court justice's paragraph put the Voting Rights Act in more danger

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Friday

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon on February 5, 2023 off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Handout/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

A voter lines up in a polling place to cast a ballot for the 2020 general election in Springfield, Pa., which is located in the Philadelphia suburb of Delaware County. Matt Slocum/AP hide caption

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Pennsylvania voting officials are still fighting election deniers

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Monday

A demonstrator holds up a sign that reads "HANDS OFF OUR STATE COURTS!" during a December 2022 rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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Thursday

New proposals by the Biden administration would change how the U.S. census and federal surveys ask Latinos about their race and ethnicity and add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African" to those forms. RussellCreative/Getty Images hide caption

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New 'Latino' and 'Middle Eastern or North African' checkboxes proposed for U.S. forms

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Sunday

A sign held up by a demonstrator says "MOORE V. HARPER: A WEAPON TO OVERTURN ELECTIONS" at a December rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Mariam Zuhaib/AP hide caption

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The Supreme Court is weighing a theory that could upend elections. Here's how

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Monday

The U.S. census logo appears on census materials received in the mail with an invitation to fill out census information online in 2020 in San Anselmo, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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The Push To Redefine 'Black' And End Anti-Racist Voter Protections

In this episode of Code Switch, NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports on the effort by Republican officials in Louisiana to change how Black people are counted in voting maps. If their plan is successful, it could shrink the power of Black voters across the country — and further gut the Voting Rights Act.

The Push To Redefine 'Black' And End Anti-Racist Voter Protections

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Friday

A demonstrator holds a sign that reads "Count Me In" outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, has introduced companion legislation to a House bill that could help prevent political interference with future head counts. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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A divided Congress may sideline protecting the census after Trump's interference

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Wednesday

Republican state officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on which voters should be categorized as Black when testing whether a map of election districts dilutes the political power of Black voters. Smartboy10/Getty Images hide caption

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Why some Republicans want to narrow who counts as Black

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Tuesday

Boxes of scanned ballots sit on a pallet at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center on November 09, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

Arizona is set to finally make its election results official today

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Thursday

A man walks out after casting his vote on Election Day 2020 in Tombstone, Ariz., in Cochise County. Ariana Drehsler/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

People wait in line to vote on Election Day 2020 in Tombstone, Ariz., in Cochise County. The county's Republican-led leadership has voted to delay certifying its 2022 election results, despite a state deadline on Monday. Ariana Drehsler/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Counties in Arizona, Pennsylvania fail to certify election results by legal deadlines

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Monday

Election workers sort ballots at the Maricopa County Ballot Tabulation Center last week in Phoenix. The election is not considered over until the vote totals are reviewed and certified. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Mail-in ballots sit in a secure area of the Allegheny County Election Division warehouse in Pittsburgh on Nov. 3. Pennsylvania state law does not allow election officials to start processing mail ballots for counting until 7 a.m. ET on Election Day. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption

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Why mail voting laws may slow the count in some key swing states

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