Race and Ethnicity

• Racial Debate Rattles Texas Democratic Primary for Senate - State Representative James Talarico used the word “mediocre” in connection with a former House member who is Black. The controversy has repercussions for a key contest.
• ‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo - President Trump and the White House regularly circulate imagery that has been manipulated by A.I. But the photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong was different.
• Attack on Ilhan Omar Follows Years of Trump’s Targeting Her - President Trump has spent years demonizing and dehumanizing the Somali-born Democrat from Minnesota, fueling escalating threats against her.
• Andrea Lucas, EEOC Chair, Recasts Workplace Discrimination in Trump’s Image - Andrea Lucas, the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has said she wants to undo years of what she describes as activist excess around labor law.
• National Park Service Dismantles Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia - The exhibit memorialized nine people enslaved by George Washington. The Park Service said it was being removed in accordance with a directive from President Trump.
• Vivek Ramaswamy Challenges Conservatives on Surging Anti-Indian Hate - The leading Republican candidate for Ohio governor is calling out his party for rising intolerance, including against Indian American immigrants and their children, like him.
• Australia, After a Mass Shooting During Hanukkah, Looks for a Path Forward - The Bondi Beach massacre has people fearing more anti-Jewish violence — and an Islamophobic backlash. But there are reasons to think stability will prevail.
• The Mayor-Elect of New Orleans Is Already Awash in Challenges - A month before taking office, Helena Moreno is steering the city through a budget crisis and a Border Patrol enforcement operation that has immigrants in hiding.
• How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch - Prosecutors say members of the Somali diaspora, a group with growing political power, were largely responsible. President Trump has drawn national attention to the scandal amid his crackdown on immigration.