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In the US, these include attacks on free speech; the rights of asylum seekers and immigrants; health, environmental, and social protections; education; foreign aid and humanitarian assistance; and the rule of law. But the damaging policies are reverberating globally as well, as the administration abruptly ended US foreign aid programs, cut life-saving assistance for hundreds of thousands of people in conflict zones, and abandoned efforts to support rights defenders, independent journalists, and fact-finding groups. We are also tracking efforts by the administration that will enable racist practices such as its attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. In some cases, the administration’s policies are moving ahead. In others, they are being reviewed or have been stopped by courts. And in many more, they are being resisted by ordinary people. |
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