In an April 22, 2025 essay, Ponce, Becker, Shimkhada, Scheitler, and Babey begin...
"The United States is a highly diverse country, and we have the data to prove it. But recent political events have data custodians and users across the country asking an important question-if the federal government is backing away from its historical role as a leader in advancing data quality and data democracy, what does it mean for the future of representation and evidence-based policy development? The answer has wide-ranging implications."
You can read the full piece here:
https://www.milbank.org/quarterly/opinions/data-democracy-in-crisis-how-changing-federal-data-reshapes-research-and-representation/
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Beth Jarosz
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