Social Issues

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In this May 2, 2017, photo, Ebele Ifedigbo, center, co-director, Lanese Martin, right, co-director and Biseat Horning, left, 32, fellow, pose at the offices of The Hood Incubator in Oakland, Calif. The City of Oakland is forcing cannabis businesses to pair with minority applicants if they want a license to sell, manufacture, cultivate or distribute weed in 2018 as part of California's massive expansion of legal cannabis. The Oakland-based nonprofit provides training and mentoring to minority cannabis entrepreneurs. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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FILE - In this May 4, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump claps as he arrives in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Washington, followed by Vice President Mike Pence after the House pushed through a health care bill. Trump has called the House-passed health care bill a “great plan,” but a new poll finds that three out of four Americans do not believe it fulfills most of his promises. The poll out May 31, 2017, from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation also found a growing share of the public concerned that the GOP’s American Health Care Act will have negative consequences for them personally by increasing their costs, making it harder to get and keep health insurance, or reducing quality. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 2, 2017, file photo, Seattle Mariners starting pitcher James Paxton throws against the Los Angeles Angels during the second inning of a baseball game in Seattle. Paxton is set to come off the disabled list for the Mariners against Colorado. Paxton (3-0, 1.43 ERA) was among baseball's best pitchers in April before landing on the DL with a left forearm strain. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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Residents of upstate New York say they seldom see the benefits of hefty taxes levied on New York City, part of why some wish to create a separate state. (Associated Press)

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An audit conducted by PILF, a voter integrity group, found 1,852 illegal immigrants voted in Virginia elections over a decade. Critics of Gov. Terry McAuliffe say he sought to keep such illegal voting from public view. (Associated Press)

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Activists pushing for plans to close so-called corporate tax loopholes and tax the wealthy at higher rates face off with Secretary of State Police at the entrance to the governor's office Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. The protesters are part of a coalition called Fair Economy Illinois. Some members marched from Chicago to Springfield for the final days of the legislative session to urge lawmakers to pass a budget that helps working people. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)

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Hundreds of protesters line the balconies of the state Capitol rotunda in Austin on Monday, May 29, 2017, the last day of the legislative session, to protest Senate Bill 4. legislation already passed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that compels local police to enforce federal immigration law. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Hundreds of protesters line the balconies of the state Capitol rotunda in Austin on Monday, May 29, 2017 the last day of the legislative session, to protest Senate Bill 4, legislation already passed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that compels local police to enforce federal immigration law. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Hundreds of protesters line the balconies of the state Capitol rotunda in Austin on Monday, May 29, 2017, the last day of the legislative session, to protest Senate Bill 4, legislation already passed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that compels local police to enforce federal immigration law. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Pedro Paredes joins hundreds of protesters lining the balconies of the state Capitol rotunda in Austin on Monday May 29, 2017, the last day of the legislative session, to protest Senate Bill 4, legislation already passed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that compels local police to enforce federal immigration law. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Hundreds of protesters line the balconies of the state Capitol rotunda in Austin on Monday, May 29, 2017 the last day of the legislative session, to protest Senate Bill 4, legislation already passed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that compels local police to enforce federal immigration law. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Hundreds of protesters gather on the south steps of the state Capitol in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 29, 2017, the last day of the legislative session, to protest Senate Bill 4. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Activists with the March to Springfield hold a protest and rally outside the governor's office at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Tuesday, May 30, 2017. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)

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Dr. Alfred Klinger, a World War II veteran and participant in the March to Springfield protest and rallly, walks with other activists on the final leg of the march from the Old State Capitol to the Capitol Tuesday, May 30, 2017 in Springfield, Ill. Klinger participated in the march that began in Chicago on May 15, and urged lawmakers to pass a budget that helps working people.(Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)

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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2016, file photo, protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline stand on a burned-out truck near Cannon Ball, N.D., on a long-closed bridge a day earlier on a state highway near their camp. A private security firm hired by the developer of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline conducted an aggressive, multifaceted operation against protesters that included a close working relationship with public law enforcement, documents obtained by an online magazine indicate. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File)

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In this undated photo provided by the Transgender Law Center, Ashton Whitaker, right hugs his mom Melissa in Kenosha, Wisc. A federal appeals court says Ashton, a transgender senior student, who identifies as a male, should be able to use the boys' bathroom at at Kenosha's Tremper High School. (Transgender Law Center via AP)