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'Shameful': Trump DOJ Ditches Civil Rights and School Desegregation Cases

A pair of papers published Thursday by the legal group Democracy Forward detail how, under President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice has dumped dozens of cases focused on school desegregation and the civil rights of people of color, all while weaponizing the DOJ to serve " the most dangerous criminal in US history " and his allies. The cases were…

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Common Dreams· Oct 22, 5:44 PM'Shameful': Trump DOJ Ditches Civil Rights and School Desegregation Cases

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