Activists say a current redistricting plan perpetuates the political and economic disenfranchisement of residents in inner-Beltway districts.

Image courtesy the U.S. Census Bureau Now that it’s May, census takers are hitting the streets to make personal visits to anyone who didn’t mail back their 2010 census form. You’ll likely see them around town, and in the event you didn’t return a census form (or didn’t receive one), you’ll also meet one at your front door. The Census Bureau wants to make sure residents know what to expect when a census taker…

Not bad, D.C., not bad. New data from the 2010 Census shows that the District of Columbia has now reached a 68 percent level of participation, which means 2 percentage points more of us mailed in our Census forms this year than did in 2000. Last we checked a little over a week ago, we were still hovering at 66 percent. The District’s rate of mail-in participation is still below the national average of…