No federal administration has moved as swiftly to exert broad new controls over what people can say, read, learn, research, and think.| PEN America
In the 100 days since the second Trump Administration began, there has been a barrage of harmful Executive Orders, confirmation hearings for dangerous and unqualified political nominees, unprecedented firing of federal employees along with restructuring or near elimination of many federal agencies. Amidst a nonstop, chaotic whirlwind of daily breaking news, court decisions and more, the Administration is abusing its power to turn back the clock on rights and protections for hundreds of millio...| National Partnership for Women & Families
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.| ProPublica
ERN is a network of supporters across the advocacy and policymaking arenas working to expand what works and change what is broken in the public education system.| Education Reform Now
Cuts to contracts, staff and civil rights probes might backfire, leading to less oversight and more mismanagement, education experts warn.| K-12 Dive
The Education Department has never withheld funds as the result of a civil rights investigation. Will that remain true?| Chalkbeat
Legal experts said an Education Department letter goes much further than the actual law in limiting how schools and colleges can consider race. Common practices that are part of diversity initiatives could be targeted.| Chalkbeat
I pursue stories about abuses of power — often focusing on schools and education — and stories about private businesses throughout the Midwest.| ProPublica
