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The Biden administration is overhauling how the federal government defines and counts race and ethnicity, the first change in a generation and a reflection of the nation’s growing diversity. The ...

When Americans were asked to describe their race and ethnicity in their own words, most provided answers that correspond to standard Census Bureau categories. And when they answered questions about ...

Ethnicity is defined as a group of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural, or national experiences. Identity, however, is complex, comprised of how we see ...

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Genetic ancestry is much more complicated than how people report their race and ethnicity. New research, using data from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) "All of Us" Research Program, finds ...

Ethnicity often plays a prominent role in debates at every level of Dutch society. But what exactly is ethnicity, and is it as set in stone as we believe? Research conducted by Radboud University's ...

During the first year of the pandemic, Black people accounted for a disproportionate 15 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the United States. That number is bleak, but it's also probably incomplete: it ...

Race vs ethnicity is a long-standing debate that has confused people around the world for a long time. While these two terms are often used interchangeably, they are distinct in many ways. Race refers ...

Everyone has a unique “fingerprint” of oral bacteria species, and new research shows that it correlates with genetic and ethnic factors. Image via Flickr user Timbobee In recent years, scientists have ...