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AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - Multiracial Americans are surging. But data erases them

America is becoming more multiracial , but its data systems are still thinking in black and white. Why it matters: Outdated measurement systems are shaping how elections are analyzed, health risks are tracked and civil rights laws are enforced. - The multiracial ("Two or More Races") population grew from nine million in 2010 to 33.8 million in 2020, per the U.S. Census . - The multiracial population is expected to keep growing faster than most groups, and exactly how fast depends as much on how America measures race as how it lives or understands it. Zoom in: Before the 1960s, race was often assigned by census takers. Today, it's largely self-identified. - The U.S. Census now allows people to "mark one or more" races. - People often…

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NYTIMES (Luis Ferré-Sadurní, José María León Cabrera, Annie Correal, Eric Schmitt and Federico Rios) - The U.S. Military Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp in Ecuador. It Was a Dairy Farm.

The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.

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