| The back-and-forth over adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census has been dizzying even by recent standards of U.S. political whiplash. The Supreme Court said No, the administration said Fine, then President Donald Trump said No, Not Fine. Now he's trying another workaround. The Constitution requires the once-a-decade accounting, with the results used to apportion congressional representation and funding. Opponents of Trump's citizenship question say it's designed to undercount and intimidate immigrants to the benefit of Republicans trying to hold onto power—an effort to "make America white again," says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Perhaps related to this dynamic was news on July 4 that American patriotism has hit a new low. —Janet Paskin Did you see this? Amazon workers at a Minnesota fulfillment center are planning a six-hour work stoppage during the company's July 15 Prime Day extravaganza. A senior discount in reverse, the price of Philadelphia's new, exclusive social club goes up 33% when members turn 50. The Democratic Women's Caucus has asked for data on harassment, discrimination and retaliation at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Training Academy. Japan's senior citizens are signing up to deliver food for Uber Eats, which is expanding in that country.
An overwhelming majority of American high schoolers aren't aware of the government programs that help students repay their school loans. Makeup for men is catching on. We love charts With 21 Indian cities facing severe groundwater shortages, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised clean drinking water to every household by 2024. Where's it going to come from? Maybe the huge amounts of water that support India's biggest agricultural exports: rice and cotton.  Equal Pay! Equal Pay! Chants for pay equity followed the U.S. women's national soccer team from the stadium in Lyon, France, where they beat the Netherlands to win the World Cup on Sunday, to the streets of New York, where they enjoyed a tickertape parade. The team's on-field dominance, growing commercial appeal and impressive TV ratings certainly make it harder for U.S. Soccer to stick to its position that the female players bring in less money than the men do. ———————————————————————————————— Like the Business of Equality newsletter? Subscribe to Bloomberg.com. You'll get our unmatched global news coverage and two premium daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close, and much, much more. See our limited-time introductory offer. Wake up with the biggest stories in politics: Balance of Power, which arrives in your inbox every morning, breaks down the latest political news, analysis, charts, and dispatches from Bloomberg reporters around the globe. Sign up here.
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