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Conservatives are flipping civil rights principles on their head

Conservatives are flipping civil rights principles on their head

For decades, conservatives have worked to rollback the civil and voting rights that Martin Luther King Jr. upheld.

Alex Galbraith
January 20, 2026

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The federal government is flipping the logic of civil rights on its head, using the language of nondiscrimination to destroy the legal structures that themselves aim to prevent discrimination. Read more.

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