The State of Oregon continues to defend a state program that distributes federal coronavirus relief funds to black people only — after two separate lawsuits challenged the program as a violation of the U.S. Constitution. The Oregon state legislature created the Oregon Cares Fund this summer — with nightly Black Lives Matter riots raging in Portland — to allocate $62 million in funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to black residents (out of $200 million in total funds). The Oregon Cares Fund website states: "The Fund is a targeted investment in the Black community...