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Jul 19, 2024

Trump Promises to Militarize Police, Reincarcerate Thousands, and Expand Death Penalty

A second Trump administration threatens to accelerate mass incarceration and roll back decades of progress by encouraging aggressive policing practices, enacting draconian sentencing regimes, and expanding...

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Jul 11, 2024

How Trump's Proposed Radical Expansion of Executive Power Will Impact Our Freedoms

Donald Trump’s four years in office were marked by gross abuses of executive power, including efforts to trample protest and dissent — key freedoms at the heart of our participatory democracy.

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Jul 9, 2024

How Donald Trump's Election Lies and Other Anti-Voter Policies Will Continue to Impact Our Democracy

If re-elected in November, he and his allies have promised to take actions that would disenfranchise millions, suppress the right to vote, and limit voting access.

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Jul 3, 2024

A Radical Supreme Court Term In Review: Democracy, Free Speech, and Abortion on the Line

A look back at wins and losses for civil rights and civil liberties during this transformative term.

By Samuel Crankshaw, Carol Garvan

A look back at wins and losses for civil rights and civil liberties during this transformative term.

By Samuel Crankshaw, Carol Garvan

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Jul 2, 2024

Trump’s Attacks on DEI Reveal Administration's Agenda for Second Term

Based on Trump’s campaign promises – and the detailed policy proposals of Project 2025 – we can expect a second Trump administration to supercharge efforts to reverse gains in civil rights and racial...

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Jul 2, 2024

Supreme Court Grants Trump, Future Presidents a Blank Check to Break the Law

By granting Donald Trump immunity for a wide range of criminal conduct committed while in office, the Supreme Court has set a dangerous precedent that presidents are above the law.