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CNN: Trump turns civil rights upside down in 'biggest rollback' since Reconstruction [View all]
CNN - Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
Published 6:00 AM EDT, Fri May 2, 2025
The government under President Donald Trump is bending the arc of US history in a new direction, away from the civil rights focus of the past 60 plus years.
Addressing or even acknowledging racial injustice toward people of color is out.
Separating church and state is out, according to Trump.
Exposing anti-Christian bias and being ‘anti-woke’ is in.
The Department of Justice division created by the landmark 1957 Civil Rights Act to defend American’s rights has a new mission: rooting out anti-Christian bias, antisemitism and “woke ideology,” the head of the division, Harmeet Dhillon, recently told conservative commentator Glenn Beck.
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Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
Published 6:00 AM EDT, Fri May 2, 2025
The government under President Donald Trump is bending the arc of US history in a new direction, away from the civil rights focus of the past 60 plus years.
Addressing or even acknowledging racial injustice toward people of color is out.
Separating church and state is out, according to Trump.
Exposing anti-Christian bias and being ‘anti-woke’ is in.
The Department of Justice division created by the landmark 1957 Civil Rights Act to defend American’s rights has a new mission: rooting out anti-Christian bias, antisemitism and “woke ideology,” the head of the division, Harmeet Dhillon, recently told conservative commentator Glenn Beck.
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