Hansi Lo Wang
Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) is a national correspondent for NPR reporting on the people, power and money behind the U.S. census.
Wang was the first journalist to uncover plans by former President Donald Trump's administration to .
Wang's coverage of the administration's failed push for a census citizenship question earned him the American Statistical Association's . He received a National Headliner Award for his reporting from the remote village in Alaska .
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The Supreme Court has given the Republican Party a boost in the redistricting fight for Congress by allowing a Texas map that may help the GOP win five more U.S. House seats in next year's midterms.
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The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Texas congressional map that may help the GOP win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. A lower court found the map is likely unconstitutional. -
Depending on the timing, a Supreme Court ruling that weakens Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination may lead to more states redrawing congressional maps before the 2026 midterms. -
A Supreme Court case over Louisiana's congressional map could determine the future of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination and allow Republicans to draw 19 more House seats. -
Republican officials are pushing for more voting restrictions on U.S. citizens who were born abroad and have never lived in the country, after unsuccessfully challenging their ballots in 2024. -
After President Trump sparked congressional redistricting fights in Texas, California and Missouri, some advocacy groups are pivoting their strategies against partisan gerrymandering.
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The congressional redistricting fights that President Trump sparked in Texas, California and other states have led some advocacy groups to reconsider their strategies against partisan gerrymandering. -
Days after the president's call for a "new" census, the top official overseeing the Census Bureau told employees that Congress, not Trump, has final say over the tally, NPR has exclusively learned. -
Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people in the U.S. without legal status. The 14th Amendment requires the "whole number of persons in each state" in a key set of census results. -
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters. -
Republicans in Texas have released a proposal for a new state congressional map. President Trump has said he wants a map that helps his party win five more House seats in next year's midterms.
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Lawmakers in Texas are in a Republican-led special session to try to redraw voting districts for Congress. Other states may also end up with new House maps soon before next year's midterm election.
