IN THE NEWS
Ms. Lowenthal is a frequent source of objective, nonpartisan information for journalists. Here’s a sampling of news articles and segments in which she is quoted.
2026
U.S. News & World Report: “Trump Proposal Would Exclude Noncitizens and Demographic Questions from 2030 Census”
AXIOS: “Trump’s census plan could reshape voting maps, eliminate race questions”
WSPA 7 News ( Spartanburg, SC): “Census testing raises confidentiality concerns”
Science: “Controversial citizenship question added to upcoming census test”
NPR: “A major census test faces cutbacks — with postal workers tapped to help count”
2025
AP: “Young Republicans challenge 2020 census results as part of a wider GOP attack on head count”
NPR: “The Census Bureau is now headed by a Trump official in an acting position”
PolitiFact: “Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier gets history wrong on census citizenship question”
Cleveland Plain Dealer: “Would Trump’s census plan help Ohio gain congressional seats?”
MASSLive: “Trump wants to hold a ‘new’ census, excluding non-citizens: Can he do that?”
WFLA, News Channel 8 (Tampa, FL): “DeSantis sparks debate with call for a mid-decade Census”
Government Executive: “Trump’s focus on excluding migrants from census is just one of several issues with preparations for 2030 count, experts say”
AP: “Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegally”
The New York Times: “New York Gears Up for Fight to Count 1.8 Million Noncitizens in Census”
AP: “DOGE targets Census Bureau, worrying data users about health of US data infrastructure”
NPR: “Postal workers conducting the census is part of a Trump pitch for taking over USPS”
NPR: “Census Bureau Director Robert Santos is resigning, making way for Trump’s pick”
NPR: “Experts warn about the ‘crumbling infrastructure’ of federal government data”
2024
AP: “‘This is break glass in case of emergency stuff’: Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering”
2023
NPR: “A GOP plan for the census would revive Trump’s failed push for a citizenship question”
AP: “Cost of federal census recounts push growing towns to do it themselves”
2022
NPR: “A divided Congress may sideline protecting the census after Trump’s interference”
AP: “Researchers ask Census to stop controversial privacy method”
The New York Times: “New Findings Detail Trump Plan to Use Census for Partisan Gain”
The Chicago Reporter: “Despite all-out efforts the Census count fell in Chicago minority enclaves, Part II”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Arkansas declined to spend money on census, missed over 5% of its residents, report states”
Stateline: “Census Bureau to Review Potential Miscounts of Institutions”
WPRI Radio: “Nesi’s Notes: May 21”
The Boston Globe: “Rhode Island had third largest overcount in 2020 census, report finds”
The Washington Post: “2020 Census miscounted 14 states, survey reveals”
AP: “Time to retool census? Some think so after minorities missed”
The New York Times: “One More Census Takeaway: The End of an Era of Counting the Nation?”
The Washington Post: “2020 Census undercounted Latinos, Blacks and Native Americans, bureau estimates show”
The New York Times: “2020 Census Undercounted Hispanic, Black and Native American Residents”
2021
The Washington Post: “2020 Census may have significantly undercounted Detroit, study finds”
AP: “Report: 2020 census may have missed thousands in Detroit”
The Washington Post: “2020 Census may have undercounted Black Americans, new analyses say”
The Washington Post: “Independent report finds no obvious problems with the 2020 Census”
CT Post: “Stamford rocks, says CT census expert”
CQ Roll Call: “Biden Census pick to face questions over agency’s next steps”
AP: “Conservatives aim at Census’ method for uncounted households”
The Buffalo News: “Legal challenge to New York’s census count a long shot: ‘It would be a tough one’”
AP: “Cuomo mulls suing over census, but fight could be tricky”
The Washington Post: “Lower-than-expected state population totals stoke concerns about the 2020 Census”
Newsday: “NY to lose one House seat in 2022 - falling 89 residents shy of losing none”
The Washington Post: “Can Americans trust the results of the 2020 Census?”
NPR: “Why Deployed Troop Counts Are A ‘Wildcard’ In 2020 Census Results”
The Washington Post: “Ohio sues Census Bureau over new redistricting deadline”
The Washington Post: “Census Bureau aims to deliver state population totals by April 30”
The Washington Post: “Embattled Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham resigns”
The Washington Post: “Census Bureau says it will stop trying to deliver tally of undocumented to Trump”
The Washington Post: “New delay in census process probably ends Trump’s plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from apportionment”
2020
AP: “Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan”
The Guardian: “America’s democracy is in crisis - how can Joe Biden fix voting rights?”
The Washington Post: “Supreme Court won’t decide yet if Trump can exclude undocumented immigrants when allocating congressional seats”
Talking Points Memo: “The Latest Snafus In Trump’s Hijacking Of The Census Were Entirely Predictable”
The New York Times: “Flaws in Census Count Imperil Trump Plan to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants”
The Washington Post: “Trump’s bid to exclude undocumented immigrants from reapportionment arrives at Supreme Court”
The Atlantic: “What I Saw as a 2020 Census Worker”
CQ Roll Call: “Census Bureau finds processing problems amid deadline sprint”
The Washington Post: “Census Bureau signals Trump unlikely to get data in time to exclude undocumented immigrants”
The New York Times: “Census Bureau Says It Can’t Meet Trump’s Deadline for Population Count”
The Washington Post: “Experts urge ‘radical transparency’ in 2020 Census count”
NPR: “Can President-Elect Biden Redo The 2020 Census? It’s Complicated”
NPR: “The Census Is Not Over: What’s Ahead During The Biden Transition”
AP: “Census takers say they were told to enter false information”
Axios: “Mayors plan multifront attack on census shutdown”
Cronkite News (AZ PBS): “Giles joins mayors questioning reliability of shortened census count”
AlterNet: “Donald Trump is gaming the Census — can Dems repair the damage if they win?”
The Boston Globe: “‘So transparently deceitful.’ Ending census early will leave parts of Boston uncounted, possibly resulting in less aid”
The New York Times: “Census Count Can Be Cut Short, Supreme Court Rules”
Reuters: “How poor regions lose out because of U.S. census undercounts”
KTOO (NPR-Juneau, AK): “Census Bureau claims nearly all Alaska households have been counted”
The Washington Post: “Appeals court says census count must continue through the end of the month”
The Washington Post: “Appeals judges uphold lower court’s order to continue census count”
The Washington Post: “Census Bureau announces new ‘target date’ of Oct. 5 to finish 2020 Census count”
The New York Times: “Who Gets Cheated if Trump Cuts the Census Short?”
The Washington Post: “Civil rights groups seek court order to continue census count past September”
NPR: “Census Door Knocking In Some Areas To End Even Earlier Than Expected”
The New York Times: “Census, Like Post Office, Politicized in Election Year”
Science: “Will the 2020 census numbers be good enough, and how soon will we know?”
AP: “Watchdog: Census lacks door knockers needed for 2020 count”
NPR: “Mail Delays Could Hurt The Census, Too”
Talking Points Memo: “What Happens If the 2020 Census Fails?”
The Wichita Eagle: “In rural Kansas, Census response rates are ‘very concerning’ as deadline approaches”
AP: “Criticized over recent appointees, Census adds another hire”
BridgeDetroit: “Rush is on to count Detroit as Census 2020 deadline is shortened”
AL.com (Alabama): “Alabama’s last-minute Census scramble: Court cases, curtailed count with a congressional seat at stake”
AP: “Experts worry about errors if census schedule is sped up”
NPR: “Republicans Signal They’re Willing To Cut Census Counting Short”
Voice of America: “Experts Say Collecting Immigration Data Through US Census for Reapportionment Is Unconstitutional”
Science: “Meet Trump’s controversial pick for a top Census job”
The Markup: “What’s Different About the 2020 Census?”
The Intercept: “The Census Is Reopening Too: Workers Fear Being Sacrificed To Coronavirus For The Sake Of A Speedy Tally”
NPR: “Trump Appointees Join Census Bureau; Democrats Concerned Over Partisan ‘Games’”
The Washington Post: “White House adds high-level officials to Census Bureau, raising fears of politicization”
The New York Times: “Census Bureau Adds Top-Level Political Posts, Raising Fears for 2020 Count”
The Wall Street Journal: “Census Bureau Says 60.5% of Households Responded to 2020 Count”
The Chronicle of Higher Education: “The COVID-19 Census Could Cost College Towns Millions”
government technology (gt): “State, Local Gov Face New Reality for 2020 U.S. Census”
NBC News: “Fearing an undercount, advocates say census outreach is getting crushed by coronavirus”
The Washington Post: “With census field operations suspended, government tries to stay flexible”
The Nation: “Out for the Count? Terri Ann Lowenthal on the Coronavirus Threat to the Census”
ExecutiveGov: “Experts Brief House Panel on 2020 Census Amid COVID-19”
The Buffalo News: “Covid-19 attacks another victim - Buffalo’s 2020 census”
The Washington Post: “Trump administration asks Congress to push back census by months”
The New York Times: “Knocked Off Track by Coronavirus, Census Announces Delay in 2020 Count”
AP (Associated Press): “Census sends paper forms to laggards as Midwest sets pace”
Ohio Capital Journal: “COVID-19 threatens census. At stake: money, political power”
The (Toledo) Blade: “College cities miss students, especially for Census”
The New York Times: “It’s the Official Start to the 2020 Census. But No One Counted On a Pandemic”
KPCC 89.3FM (Los Angeles NPR): “Air Talk” with Larry Mantle
The Guardian: “‘It couldn’t have snowballed at a worse time’: 2020 US census under threat from coronavirus”
U.S. News & World Report: “COVID-19 Has Stopped Virtually Everything — Except the U.S. Census”
Forbes: “How Suspending U.S. Census Field Operations Could Affect Minority Groups”
The Economist: “Coronavirus disruption risks damaging the 2020 United States census”
Reuters: “Coronavirus prompts suspension of 2020 U.S. Census field operations for two weeks”
The New York Times: “Census Suspends Field Operations Amid Coronavirus Fears”
WNYC (NPR radio)/The Takeaway: “How Is The Coronavirus Impacting The 2020 Census?”
NPR: “Coronavirus Is Making It Even Harder For The Census To Count Every U.S. Resident”
The New York Times: “How the Coronavirus Could Hurt the Accuracy of the 2020 Census”
USA Today: “2020 Census faces ‘new challenge’ amid pandemic”
The Washington Post: “Spread of coronavirus could undermine the 2020 census”
Reuters: “First online U.S. census kicks off amid coronavirus fears”
Popular Information: “Facebook allows Trump campaign to run deceptive Census ads”
Stateline: “Census Advocates Spread the Word on New Online Forms”
AP (Associated Press): “Confusion over what data schools can provide for 2020 Census”
KFMB 760AM Radio (San Diego): “RNC mailer looks like ‘imitation census’ form”
The Guardian: “‘A perfect storm’: US census imperiled by Trump rhetoric and growing distrust”
The Washington Post: “Census Bureau kicks off 2020 ad campaign amid fears around privacy and hacking”
The Washington Times: “Americans wary of 2020 census; more than $1 trillion hangs in the balance”
2019
Government Technology (GovTech): “Philadelphia Announces Digital Equity Grants for Census Work”
The Washington Post: “Census Bureau says new test results show citizenship question would not have affected response rate”
HuffPost: “Civil Rights Groups Demand RNC Stop Using Fake ‘Census’ To Raise Money”
The Washington Post: “RNC solicited money for Trump’s reelection with forms that look a lot like the official census”
Science: “Why the U.S. Census Bureau could have trouble complying with Trump’s order to count citizens”
Christian Science Monitor: “Privacy, accuracy, and the looming 2020 census”
Government Technology (GovTech): “First ‘High-Tech Census’ Raises Stakes for Local Government”
The Washington Post: “The census citizenship question failed. But Alabama is seeking to exclude undocumented immigrants in apportioning congressional seats.
Talking Points Memo: “Will Trump’s Plan B To Use Census For An Anti-Immigrant Power Grab Even Work?”
EQ (St. Louis, MO): “St. Louis Business Community Stands To Win From 2020 Census Going Digital”
The Washington Post: “Trump abandoned the citizenship census question, yet thousands still have to answer it”
The Washington Post: “Trump retreats on adding citizenship question to 2020 Census”
VICE News: “A ‘Screaming Siren’ Went Off at the DOJ over Trump’s Census Citizenship Question”
HuffPost: “Trump’s Obsession With Census Citizenship Question Causes Uncertainty”
Reuters: “In losing legal battles over census, Trump may win political war”
ThinkProgress: “The Trump administration is still finding ways to undercount minority communities in the 2020 Census”
The New York Times: “Hacking, Glitches, Disinformation: Why Experts Are Worried About the 2020 Census”
The Washington Post: “2020 Census will not include citizenship question, Justice Department confirms”
WDTN-TV (Dayton, OH): “Tornado outbreak could have long-term impact on 2020 census”
The Wall Street Journal: “What’s Next for the 2020 Census”
GOVERNING: “Despite Census Citizenship Ruling, Officials Say ‘Damage Has Been Done’”
The Intercept: “With Census Decision, Trump’s GOP Falters in March Towards White Minority Rule”
NBC News: “Trump floats delaying the 2020 census for citizenship question”
Reuters: “Trump’s idea for U.S. census delay would be unprecedented - experts”
FORTUNE: “The U.S. Census Has a Long History of Discrimination”
abc NEWS: “Census Bureau to test citizenship question amidst pending Supreme Court decision”
NPR: “As Legal Battle Persists, Census Citizenship Question Is Put To The Test”
The New York Times: “Fight Over Census Documents Centers on Motive for a Citizenship Question”
The New York Times (Reuters): “Key Technology Boss at U.S. Census Bureau Switches Roles”
CQ-Roll Call: “States spend big on make-or-break 2020 census”
lifehacker: “Why the 2020 U.S. Census Could Change Everything, According to an Expert”
wshu | Public Radio (CT): “The Unclear Path For New York’s Belated Census Effort”
al.com: “Will Alabama benefit from a citizenship question added to the Census?”
CNN: “Trump seems to prefer that the census count fewer people”
NJ Spotlight: “NJ Urged to Put More Money and Speed into 2020 Census Preparations”
Reuters: “Trump declares U.S. census ‘meaningless’ without citizenship question”
HuffPost: “Trump Says The Census Is Pointless Without A Citizenship Question. That’s A Lie.”
blackpressUSA: “Census 2020: For all to count, all must be counted”
NJTV News: “NJ commission works toward ‘complete count’ for 2020 census”
The Washington Post: “House Democrats say commerce secretary is holding back on citizenship question”
The Washington Post: “DHS plan to share non-citizens’ data with Census Bureau could further spook immigrants, experts say”
The New York Times: “Census Bureau Will Ask for Federal Files on Noncitizens”
The Intercept: “The Supreme Court Will Decide if Census Citizenship Question Is Legal. Democrats Should Also Work to Block It”
The Washington Informer: “Citizenship Question Could Hurt Census Count of Black America”
Wired: “The Challenge of America’s First On-Line Census”
Route Fifty: “A Key in Census Outreach: Finding Trusted People to Pitch Participation”
Reuters: “Judge rejects citizenship question for 2020 U.S. census”
Federal Computer Week: “House Dems put spotlight on Census prep”
The Atlantic: “The Citizenship Question Isn’t Quite Dead Yet”
The Washington Post: “Census Bureau says funding for 2020 count could last into mid- to late February if shutdown continues. But experts say survey could be at risk sooner.”
2018
Stamford Advocate: “Census expert shares concerns about next count”
HuffPost: "New Email Raises Concern About Trump Commitment to Census Confidentiality”
The Washington Post: “Trump administration officials suggested sharing census responses with law enforcement, court documents show”
Federal Computer Week: “What will a Democratic House mean for the census?”
U.S. News & World Report: “Victorious U.S. House Democrats Could Stymie Census Citizenship Query”
The Washington Post: “Americans say they are less likely to fill out census than they were 10 years ago”
The Washington Post: “How Democrats would work to kill the census citizenship question if they win the midterms”
UPI: “Trump nominee looking to fill Census role vacant for a year”
Triple Pundit: “Why Everyone Should Care About Census 2020”
Richmond Pulse: "Civil Rights Leaders Call For Public Comment on 2020 Census"
The Tennessee Tribune: "Rights Groups Want to Flood Census Bureau With Public Comments Before August Deadline"
AL.com (Alabama): "Census comments are open, but Alabama lawsuit over counting immigrants may be off-limits"
NPR: "Census Bureau Stops Plans For 2020 Census Advisory Committee"
The New York Times: "New Emails Show Push by Trump Officials to Add Citizenship Question to Census"
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland): "Americans can weigh in on 2020 Census until Aug. 7"
Ventura County Star (editorial): "Local efforts key to accurate census"
National Public Radio: "Citizenship Question Controversy Complicating Census 2020 Work, Bureau Director Says"
The New York Times: "Why Was a Citizenship Question Put on the Census? 'Bad Faith,' a Judge Suggests"
The Washington Post: "Commerce secretary suggested citizenship question to Justice Dept., according to memo, contradicting his congressional testimony"
Federal Computer Week: "House, Senate bills split on Census funding"
AL.com (Alabama): "Alabama lawsuit tip of the spear in federal battle over 'weaponizing' 2020 Census"
USA Today: "Lawmakers urge Census to count Hurricane Maria victims in their communities"
Science magazine: "More money, more worries: 2020 Census plans continue to generate controversy"
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder: "Fear could further compromise 2020 Census"
Cleburne Times-Review: "Texas can count on census challenges"
Deseret News (Utah): "New citizenship question, murky immigration policy, could impact 2020 Census results"
The Century Foundation: "New Citizenship Question Designed to Sabotage Census"
The Wall Street Journal: "Trump Administration Plans to Check Your Answer on Census Citizenship Question"
Federal News Radio: "After windfall in omnibus, Census Bureau rolls out its first dress rehearsal"
The Intercept: "Count Down: How the Trump Administration Is Botching Its Only Trial Run for the 2020 Census"
FiveThirtyEight: "The Census's New Citizenship Question Could Hurt Communities That Are Already Undercounted"
Talking Points Memo: "The Unprecedented Coming Legal Battle Over Trump's Census Citizenship Move"
WJLA (Washington, DC): "States, civil rights groups challenge decision to include citizenship question in census"
Sojourners (Medill News Service): "What's At Stake in an Underfunded Census?"
Federal Computer Week: "Trump campaign taps census question as fund-raising tool"
U.S. News & World Report: "Underfunding, Canceled Tests Raise Fears About First Ever Online Census"
The News & Observer: "Rural Deep South at most risk of being overlooked in 2020 Census"
Daily Beast: "Citizenship Question Would Convert Census Into a GOP Voter Suppression Tool"
Federal Computer Week: "Experts fear Trump budget shortchanges Census"
Science magazine: "New U.S. budget deal includes more funding for 2020 Census"
The Hill: "Citizenship question drives uncertainty over 2020 census"
The Washington Post: "Non-citizens won't be hired as census-takers in 2020, staff is told"
Federal Computer Week: "Census prep suffers under a CR or a shutdown"
Stateline (Pew Charitable Trusts): "Census Uncertainty Spurs State Action to Prevent Undercounting"
Global Government Forum: "Citizenship question threatens US census, says former programme chief"
Clarion Ledger (Mississippi): "Mississippi's rural black, Hispanic communities risk underrepresentation in 2020 census"
The Atlantic: "The Controversial Question DOJ Wants to Add to the U.S. Census"
Minneapolis Star Tribune: "Congress must guard accuracy, use of census" (editorial)
HuffPost: "The DOJ Wants A Citizenship Question On The Census. That Could Blow Up The Whole Survey"
Mother Jones: "Trump's Pick to Run 2020 Census Has Defended
Racial Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression Laws"
The New York Times: "Critics Say Questions About Citizenship
Could Wreck Chances for an Accurate Census"
Federal Computer Week: "Census enters 2018 facing more questions than answers"
2017
NJ.com: “Why Everyone in New Jersey Might Not Be Counted in the 2020 Census”
The New York Times: "With 2020 Census Looming, Worries About Fairness and Accuracy"
NPR: "Trump Administration Delays Decision on Race, Ethnicity Data for Census"
Huffington Post: "Experts Are Really, Really Worried About the State Of The 2020 Census"
NPR: Morning Edition
POLITICO: "Leading Trump Census pick causes alarm"
CityLab: "The Constitutional Counting Crisis"
The Washington Post: "Census 2020: How it's supposed to work (and how it might go terribly wrong)"
Federal Computer Week: "GAO sustains protest in $283M Census mobile contract"
Inquirer.net: "Problems threaten the accuracy of 2020 US Census"
The New York Times: "Save the Census" (editorial)
Boston Globe: "Gutting the census would sabotage democracy"
TIME: "The Head of the Census Resigned. It Could Be as Serious as James Comey"
The Washington Post: "Census watchers warn of a crisis if funding for 2020 count is not increased"
POLITICO: "Trump's threat to the 2020 Census"