Axios: “The National Urban League’s 2022 “State of Black America” report warns of a systematic effort to “disenfranchise, delude, manipulate and intimidate American voters,” Axios’ Russell Contreras writes.

• “[T]here’s a plot to destroy American democracy,” National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial told reporters on a call ahead of today’s release of the annual report’s 46th edition.

What’s happening: The report says state legislatures have been restricting voting access in districts with large populations of Black Americans, Latinos and Native Americans.

• The Urban League’s Equality Index was stagnant. The measure estimates the share of the pie Black Americans get compared to white Americans — economic status, health, education, social justice and civic engagement…”