Why the new platform from the Republican Party of Texas matters

"If Texas Republicans embrace this return to a county-unit type of system, they'll actually have created something even more unequal than the scheme concocted by segregationists of a century ago. Harris County, the home of Houston, has a population of 4.7 million, while Loving County has a total population of 64. Harris County has a sizable black population, while Loving is (as far as I can tell) entirely white. But one vote in Loving would mean more than 70,000 votes in Harris." 

Kruse added, "It's staggeringly unequal, and silencing an 'urban' vote that is of course now not just coded as more liberal but racially diverse too. And that, of course, is the point."…

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/new-platform-republican-party-texas-matters-rcna154262

‘I couldn’t pretend any more’: readers on why they left the Christian faith | Christianity | The Guardian

"It felt as if they were saying: 'Jesus loves everybody but only if they're like us'." 

Readers respond to the census finding that England and Wales are now minority Christian countries…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/02/i-couldnt-pretend-any-more-readers-on-why-they-left-the-christian-faith

‘Utility redlining’: Detroit power outages disproportionally hit minority and low-income areas

DTE has generally disinvested in low-income and minority neighborhoods, and spends more resources on improving service in whiter, wealthier areas... So far, the company and its shareholders largely have not faced financial consequences, Koeppel said. 

 "If there's no connection between performance and profits, then DTE is going to keep making profits without improving performance," he said…

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2022/oct/06/detroit-power-outages-impact-minority-low-income-neighborhoods

The Black mothers finding freedom in mushrooms: ‘They give us our power back’

"Drugs have been racialized in the US since the early 20th century. Cocaine was an over-the-counter medicine for 50 or 60 years – then it became racialized when Black people started using it," said Dr Jason Ruiz, an American studies associate professor and department chair at the University of Notre Dame. "When white people use drugs, those media forms tend to frame white people as the victims of the drug rather than the perpetrators of the drug. Black and brown people get framed as the villains in how we narrate the war on drugs."…

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/aug/28/mushrooms-psychedelic-black-women-mothers-microdosing

U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority for First Time

… In 2020, 47% of Americans said they belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque, down from 50% in 2018 and 70% in 1999...

https://news.gallup.com/poll/341963/church-membership-falls-below-majority-first-time.aspx

Stephen Miller, Mark Meadows’ America New Legal Outfit Sues Biden Admin Over COVID Aid Policy

A lawsuit filed by Miller and Mark Meadows' new organization argues that $5 billion in COVID aid earmarked for non-white farmers is "patently unconstitutional."…

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-miller-mark-meadows-america-new-legal-outfit-sues-biden-admin-over-covid-aid-policy

Evictions likely to skyrocket this summer as jobs remain scarce. Black renters will be hardest hit. - The Washington Post

Eviction moratoriums and unemployment benefits are expiring, which will have a bigger effect on minority neighborhoods, experts say.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/06/eviction-moratoriums-starwood/

'We're expendable': black Americans pay the price as states lift lockdowns

Experts warn reopening states could have dire consequences on public health, and black Americans already face greater risk
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/25/covid-19-lockdowns-african-americans-essential-workers

'America told us to get over it': black Vietnam veterans hail Spike Lee film that finally tells their story

Da 5 Bloods highlights the experience of veterans who fought for their country only to be treated as second-class citizens
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/22/spike-lee-vietnam-da-5-bloods-black-veterans

Top labor union launching $150M anti-Trump campaign | TheHill

One of the largest unions in the U.S. has unveiled plans to invest $150 million dollars in a nationwide campaign with the goal of stopping President Trump from winning reelection in November. In its campaign, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which boasts nearly 2 million members, is targeting 6 million voters of colors who don't usually vote in eight battleground states — Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin — The Associated Press reports. In total, however, the campaign will reach across 40 states and be mainly comprised of direct contact and online advertising tailored to people of color. ....
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/484902-top-labor-union-launching-150m-anti-trump-campaign

What unites Trump’s apologists? Minority rule - The Washington Post

Both evangelicals and Republican politicians want to lock in their current policy preferences....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-unites-trumps-apologists-minority-rule/2019/11/24/152c5d06-0d6c-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html

HUD raises the bar for bringing discrimination claims - The Washington Post

HUD's proposed "disparate impact" rule would amend an Obama-era regulation barring lenders, landlords and others in the housing industry from enacting policies that may appear innocuous on its face but wind up discriminating against minority groups.....
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/16/hud-raises-bar-bringing-discrimination-claims/

The link between sugary drinks, cancer and poor neighborhoods - The Hill

The recent findings ignores the disproportionate marketing and sales of sugared beverages in low income and racial minority communities.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/453017-the-link-between-sugary-drinks-cancer-and-poor-neighborhoods

Son, husband of immigrants tells U.S.-born political opponents to ‘go back’ to where they came from - The Washington Post: Analysis

President Trump's complaint is pretty obviously not about nationality....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/14/son-husband-immigrants-tells-us-born-political-opponents-go-back-where-they-came/

DeVos says special-education rule has not been implemented, despite court order - The Washington Post

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Thursday her department has not begun implementing an Obama-era regulation designed to ensure children of color are not disproportionately punished or sent to special-education classrooms, despite a court order. Three weeks ago, a federal court ruled that the Trump administration must implement the rule immediately. On Thursday, DeVos told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that the Education Department was still “reviewing the court’s decision and discussing our options.”...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/devos-says-special-education-rule-has-not-been-implemented-despite-court-order/2019/03/28/1ec2c360-5173-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html

Here are the biggest hypocrisies behind America's Trump-fueled white paranoia politics

"The browning of America.” “A majority minority country.” “By the year 2050 whites will be a minority in America.” These phrases inspire extremely divergent responses from liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans....

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/baffling-hypocrisies-behind-white-paranoia-politics-age-trump/

Trump celebrates winning ‘52 percent’ of women in 2016 — which is only how he did among whites - The Washington Post

The president's boast about how women liked him excluded all nonwhite voters. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/03/10/trump-celebrates-winning-52-percent-of-women-in-2016-which-is-only-how-he-did-among-whites

The Confederate flag resurged. The KKK burned a cross. Racial tensions flared in a Southern town. -- The Washington Post

In Asheboro, N.C., a longtime minority resident worries about a growing racial divide. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-confederate-flag-resurged-the-kkk-burned-a-cross-racial-tensions-flared-in-a-southern-town/2018/02/02/5d3da728-df86-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html

How U.S. wealth inequality has changed since Great Recession | Pew Research Center

The Great Recession of 2007-2009 triggered a sharp, prolonged decline in the wealth of American families, and an already large wealth gap between white households and black and Hispanic households widened further in its immediate aftermath. But the racial and ethnic wealth gap has evolved differently for families at different income levels, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from the Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Consumer Finances.....
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/11/01/how-wealth-inequality-has-changed-in-the-u-s-since-the-great-recession-by-race-ethnicity-and-income/

Census funding shortages could negatively impact minority and poor communities -- ThinkProgress.org

The Trump administration and Congress have overlooked the U.S. Census Bureau's financial needs in preparing for the 2020 Census, and it could result in significant undercounts of the historically hard-to-count populations -- including African Americans, Asian Americans, the Latinx community, and the poor. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/census-funding-shortages-1dee98587432/