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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. changed America for the better by helping our nation make progress toward achieving his dream of ending racism and ensuring equality for all. But as we honor King with a national holiday, President Trump is doing all he can to reverse the great civil rights leader’s historic accomplishments. 

Unfortunately, King’s dream, which he eloquently expressed in his speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, has yet to come true. Systemic racism has been diminished but still exists. Black Americans are suffering unjustly as a result.

For example, according to federal statistics, about 20 percent of Black households lived in poverty in 2024, compared with about 9 percent of white households. The median Black household annual income was about $56,000 in 2024, compared with about $88,000 for white households. The Black unemployment rate in November was 8.3 percent, compared with 3.9 percent for whites.

Yet instead of trying to narrow the gaps separating Black and white Americans, as King advocated, Trump is focused on eliminating supposed discrimination against white people — especially white men.

Trump issued three executive orders at the start of his second term declaring diversity, equity and inclusion programs to be “illegal and immoral discrimination.” This ended such programs in the federal government and successfully pressured many businesses, nonprofits and colleges to scale them back or end them.

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A federal judge ordered the reinstatement of a former Ohio State University student expelled for posting social media videos criticizing Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

The university first suspended Guy Christensen, an undergraduate student and social media influencer, in May after he posted pro-Palestinian videos, according to the federal court ruling.

Christensen sued in September, claiming Ohio State violated his First Amendment free speech rights and 14th amendment right to due process.

In a letter, the university told Christensen he was suspended “temporarily and immediately, from university premises and property as well from participation in all university activities, whether on or off campus property,” according to the court ruling.

The student’s presence on campus presence poses a “significant risk of substantial harm to the safety or security of yourself, others, or to property,” the letter stated.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey in connection with a suspected conspiracy to impede federal immigration enforcement in the state, according to reports by Reuters and The Washington Post.

The investigation comes amid a growing feud between Minnesota’s Democratic leaders and President Donald Trump. The Department of Homeland Security has sent thousands of officers to the state in what it’s calling its "largest immigration operation ever" in order to combat fraud in social welfare programs officials say is linked to Somali immigrants.

Walz and Frey have called for immigration authorities to leave the state, especially after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Macklin Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.

In a statement, Walz blasted the administration for the reported investigation.

"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic," the former candidate for vice president said. "The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."

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The Trump administration on Thursday was dealt its first legal setback in its unprecedented effort to consolidate voter data traditionally held by states.

Federal district Judge David O. Carter dismissed a lawsuit in California that sought to give the Justice Department access to that state's unredacted voter file, which includes sensitive data like Social Security numbers and driver's license data. A district judge in Oregon also said in court Wednesday that he was tentatively planning to do the same there.

California and Oregon are two of 23 states, along with Washington, D.C., that have been sued by the Department of Justice for rebuffing requests for voter data. All states are led by Democrats, or were lost by President Trump in the 2020 election.

The DOJ has argued that it needs unfettered access to the state voter lists to determine whether states are maintaining their voter lists in accordance with federal law. State officials from both major political parties, however, have noted that the federal government has never had access to this data before, and expressed worries about what else the federal government could use the data for.

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The American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit over the Trump administration’s immigration operation in Minneapolis describes a mass “racial profiling campaign” resulting in “an unprecedented level of violence” against Minnesotans of color.

“People targeted by ICE have been handcuffed, tackled, and beaten by federal agents. Agents have broken car windows, dragged people from their cars, and used pepper spray and tear gas against compliant, non-violent people,” the lawsuit reads.

The three plaintiffs in the case, who are all US citizens, are Mubashir Khalif Hussen, a 20-year-old Somali man who grew up in the United States after his family came to the country as refugees, Mahamed Eydarus, a 25-year-old Somali-American and Javier Doe, a 22-year-old Hispanic man.

On December 10, 2025, Hussen encountered immigration agents while on his lunch break. The lawsuit describes agents pushing him into a restaurant, dragging him outside, placing him in a headlock, and then driving him to an ICE field office where he was denied medical assistance and water – despite Hussen’s repeated statements that he was a US citizen.driving him to an ICE field office where he was denied medical assistance and water – despite Hussen’s repeated statements that he was a US citizen.

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Tens of thousands of dollars have been raised for an autoworker at a Ford plant in Michigan who was suspended without pay after heckling Donald Trump.

TJ Sabula is said to have called the president a “pedophile protector” as Trump toured the automotive giant’s River Rouge complex on Tuesday.

Trump then appeared to give Sabula the middle finger, according to a video published by celebrity news and gossip site TMZ, which claimed that Trump also yelled obscenities prior to making the gesture.

In an interview with the Washington Post, Sabula said “as far as calling him out” he had “definitely no regrets whatsoever”. But he said he was concerned about his job security after the incident, claiming he had been “targeted for political retribution” and for “embarrassing Trump in front of his friends”.

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