My advocacy for the Arab American community often connects me to members of Congress. Most listen politely when I press them on social, economic and educational services needed for millions of ...

CHICAGO (CBS)--Illinois is set to become the first state to count Arab Americans when collecting public data. After passing the Illinois legislature, the new bill, HB 3768, is on its way to Governor ...

At a Michigan gas station, the message is obvious — at least to Arabic speakers: Be counted in the 2020 census. “Provide your community with more/additional opportunities,” the ad on the pump handle ...

Janet Abou-Elias, vice president of the University of Texas at Austin Arab Student Association, says that having to identify as white on the census is limiting. Credit: Amna Ijaz/The Texas Tribune ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Arab American community leaders on Thursday celebrated the passage of a new state bill – which requires collecting data on Arab Americans for the first time. Gov. JB Pritzker signed ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — At a Michigan gas ...

This April 5, 2020, photo shows a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau needs more time to wrap up the once-a-decade count because of the coronavirus, opening ...