In today’s Race + Power newsletter, we look at the ongoing inequities across the nation. First, Demetria McCain discusses a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal on behalf of advocacy nonprofits that challenges three of Donald Trump’s anti-equity executive orders. Next, while women’s rights are stymied in Washington, less noticed are the gains women are achieving in pay equity, pay transparency, and salary disclosure at the state level. Then, from the series, Quiet Violence: How the Tax System Works Against Black Americans, the US tax system has long harmed Black people. While the time for reform may not seem auspicious, organizing now could pay big dividends when the time is right. Finally, as originally published by Mother Jones, was the Vera Institute’s federal funding cut because of its opposition to the Trump administration?