The mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, says the 2020 census undercounted his city by almost 16,000 residents, leading him to join other big cities in challenging the results of the once-a-decade head count in the United States. Mayor Jim Strickland says the census missed 15,895 residents, and that Memphis actually grew for the first time in […]
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Census Undercounted Memphis by 16,000 Residents, Mayor Says
The mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, says the 2020 census undercounted his city by almost 16,000 residents, leading him to join other big cities in challenging the results of the once-a-decade head count in the United States. Mayor Jim Strickland says the census missed 15,895 residents, and that Memphis actually grew for the first time in […]
Census undercounted Black people, Hispanics and Native Americans in 2020
“Taking today’s findings as a whole, we believe the 2020 Census data are fit for many uses in decision-making as well as for painting a vivid portrait of our nation’s people,” said Santos, who was nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed after the decennial count was completed. “We’ll be exploring the under- and overcounts […]
U.S. Drastically Undercounted Civilian Deaths Due To Airstrike, Finds Investigation
The U.S. military drastically undercounted civilian deaths caused by airstrikes in the Middle East since 2014, according to a New York Times investigation published Saturday. The New York Times reviewed a hidden Pentagon archive comprised of the military’s confidential assessments of over 1,300 reports of civilian casualties in airstrikes, and found, “since 2014, the American air war has been […]
India tops 20 million coronavirus cases with many more likely undercounted
India’s official count of coronavirus cases topped 20 million Tuesday, nearly doubling in the past three months, while deaths officially have passed 220,000. The true figures are believed to be far higher, the undercount an apparent reflection of the troubles in the health care system. Municipal records for this past Sunday show 1,680 dead in […]
New York AG Says The Cuomo Administration Undercounted COVID Deaths In Nursing Home By 50%
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration “undercounted” the number of coronavirus-related deaths in nursing homes by as much as 50 percent according to a 76 page report released today by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The discovery was made as AG James was “investigating nursing homes throughout New York state based on allegations of patient neglect […]
NY State Sen: I Think Nursing Home COVID Deaths Undercounted by ‘a Couple of Thousand’ ‘at a Minimum’
During an interview broadcast on Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” New York State Sen. James Skoufis (D) said that he thinks New York’s numbers underrepresent the number of coronavirus deaths in nursing homes and he believes that “at a minimum, we’re talking probably a couple of thousand additional deaths.” Skoufis said, “My gut sense is, at a […]
Analysis: COVID-19 Deaths Likely Undercounted By Over 50,000
Above photo: A casket is placed into a hearse on April 18, 2020, in Dawson, Georgia. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson. Analysis shows 54,000 “excess deaths” in US, pointing to coronavirus death toll of 200,700. More than 165,000 Americans have now died from the coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The US passed the grim statistic of […]