12 ways the Trump administration dismantled civil rights law and the foundations of inclusive democracy in its first year

The second Trump administration has weakened federal civil rights law and is shredding the foundations of America’s racially inclusive democracy.
imagedepotpro, iStock/Getty Images Plus
Spencer Overton, George Washington University

One year after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, a pattern emerges. Across dozens of executive orders, agency memos, funding decisions and enforcement changes, the administration has weakened federal civil rights law...