Khalil Abdullah

Khalil Abdullah is Contributing Editor for Ethnic Media Services. He joined New America Media as its first Director in the Washington D.C. office. He has also served as the Lead Facilitator and Editor of the Beat Within, Washington D.C. edition, and Managing Editor of the Washington Afro-American Newspaper.

Census Champions — Jeri Green’s Life-Long Crusade to Reverse Historic Undercounts

Khalil Abdullah - May 30, 2019

For over three decades, Jeri Green has helped make the decennial census a leading civil rights issue, both as a Census Bureau insider, and now as an advocate for the National Urban League.

Immigration

Metro Atlanta’s Diversity Complicates Census Count

Khalil Abdullah - May 14, 2019

Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry described his city, about 20 miles east of Atlanta, as "one of the most ethnically diverse" in America.

Citizenship Question: Still a Challenge to an Accurate 2020 Census

Khalil Abdullah - Feb 15, 2019

The Constitution requires that America’s decennial census count all persons residing in the United States, not just citizens, a clearly stated objective now at risk.

News Exchange

Mississippi Senate Race May Be Defining Moment for Black Voters

Khalil Abdullah - Nov 15, 2018

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s remark to a colleague that, “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row” puts the Magnolia State at center stage for black voters in the 2018 mid-term elections.

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