Article I of the US Constitution stipulates that every 10 years, a census be conducted to count all
of the people for the purposes of determining proportional representation in
Congress. In addition to the decennial
census, every year the government also sends 3.5 million Americans a mandatory
lengthy questionnaire seeking a wide range of information about their living
situation and employment status, known as the American Community Survey. This survey helps to update information
concerning the population and help better allocate tax dollars and government
programs where they are needed most, but now Republicans are trying to curtail the census by backing legislation that would make the American Community Survey
effectively voluntary. Joining me today
to discuss this effort and how it would affect the country is Russell Berman
the senior associate editor at The Atlantic.
Ever since Caitlyn Jenner came out as
transgender she has been greeted by mixed reactions across the country, from thunderous
applause to outright derision. Former Gov. Mike Huckabee mocked Trans women as predatory
pedophiles who just want to sneak into bathrooms while at the same time ESPN
announced it would give her an award for courage. Though largely hailed for being honest about
her gender identity some people like Elinor Burkett who is a journalist and former
professor of women’s studies and an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker have
expressed concern about Ms. Jenner’s characterization of her brain being more
female than male because according to her recent op-ed in the New York Times it is “nonsense that was used to repress women
for centuries” and the “desire to support people like Ms. Jenner and their
journey toward their truest selves has strangely and unwittingly brought it
back.” Joining me today to discuss Ms.
Burkett’s op-ed is Dana Beyer, the
Executive Director of Gender Rights Maryland who wrote a response to the op-ed
for The Huffington Post.
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