https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2017/2017051.pdf
Profiles current conditions and recent trends in the education of students by racial and ethnic groups. Covers such topics for each group as demographic characteristics, student achievement, student behaviors and persistence in education, postsecondary participation, and educational outcomes. From the National Center for Education Statistics
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2017/acs-selected-population-tables-aian.html
Agency press release on the availability of statistics on social, economic, housing, and demographic characteristics for hundreds of race, tribal, Hispanic origin, and ancestry populations via the American Community Survey. This is the second five-year aggregation of such data and covers the 2011-2015 time period. Provides links to the detailed data. From the Census Bureau
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2017/minority-owned-employer-firms.html
Agency press release which reports on a 4.9% increase in the number of minority-owned firms in 2015 to a total of 996,248. Provides additional details about women and minority-owned businesses and links to the 2015 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs. From the Census Bureau
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2017/acs/acs-34.pdf
Discusses immigration patterns and trends of a rapidly growing group. Also covers demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and geographic distribution patterns. From the Census Bureau
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/16-1023
Latest court decision in the long-running North Carolina redistricting case. The Supreme Court vacated a District Court ruling that legislators elected in November 2016 in what the court considered to be racially gerrymandered districts would serve only one year and new elections would have to be held in November 2017. From the Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/15-1262
5-3 decision of the Supreme Court that North Carolina used racial factors in an unconstitutional manner in drawing two Congressional districts after the 2010 Census. From the Legal Information Institute of the Cornell University Law School
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2017/cb17-tps45-voting-rates.html
Agency press release comparing voter turnout by blacks and whites in the 2012 and 2016 federal elections. In 2012: 66% of blacks voted compared to 64% of whites; in 2016: 59% of blacks voted compared to 65% of whites. From the Census Bureau
https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/aahealth/index.html
Reports that African Americans are living longer; the death rate has declined by 25% over the past 17 years. Looks at some of the areas of improvement but also at areas where African American health is poorer than that of whites. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention