Reading list
Guides and talking points from coalition partners, plus a reading list on the proposed rule and the related fights over census data.
Guides, talking points, sign-on letters, and messaging. Organizations can also start from the community and civil rights groups template in the comment guide.
For nonprofits
Materials and resources to protect a fair, complete, and accurate 2030 Census, including a summary of the proposed regulation, talking points, a comment template, and instructions for submitting.
Open the National Council of Nonprofits census guide →For nonprofits
Sign onto a national letter opposing the proposed changes to the census.
Sign the national letter opposing the census changes →Talking points
From the Prison Policy Initiative: why an accurate count means counting incarcerated people at home, how counting them at the facility leads to prison gerrymandering, and where the proposed rule is unclear.
Read the Prison Policy Initiative talking points →Messaging
Messages, language, and communications guidance on why accurate race and ethnicity data matters, from the Data Disaggregation Action Network.
Open the We Are The Data comms toolkit →Source
This reading list comes from Andrew Reamer, Research Professor at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP), George Washington University: Resources Relevant to Four Current Controversies Over Census Bureau Data Products, 4th edition, current as of September 19, 2026.
Reamer’s list also covers other recent Commerce Department actions on Census Bureau data, and the orders and policies behind them.
These pieces argue for the proposed rule or the noncitizen voting report. They’re here so you can understand the other side’s case and answer it in your comment.