Analysis
Expert analysis from former DOJ Civil Rights Division leaders. What’s changing, what it means, and why it matters.
Explore the Context
Cross-cutting analysis breaking down key shifts in DOJ’s civil rights enforcement since January 20, 2025.
If Federal Courts Don’t Trust Trump’s DOJ, Should Civil Rights Funders?
This analysis was originally published at Just Security. Within days after the Department of Justice indicted the...
Voting: What’s Changed Since January 20, 2025
Since January 20, 2025, Civil Rights Division political leadership has redirected voting enforcement from protecting...
Separating Fact from Fiction in FACE Act Enforcement
This analysis was originally published at Just Security. Today, the Trump administration released a report repeating...
Reproductive Healthcare: What’s Changed Since January 20, 2025
Since January 20, 2025, the current Administration has dismantled evenhanded enforcement of the Freedom of Access to...
The Trump Administration’s Antisemitism Agenda: Reshape Higher Education
The Trump Administration has invoked grave and well-documented concerns about rising antisemitism in higher education...
Language Access: Trump Administration Reverses Decades of Progress
For decades, the Civil Rights Division led a governmentwide effort to ensure that people with limited English...
A Fundamental Reversal in Federal Civil Rights Enforcement: Racial Discrimination
Since Inauguration Day 2025, the Civil Rights Division has undertaken a marked reversal in civil rights enforcement...
LGBTQI+: What’s Changed Since January 20, 2025
Since January 20, 2025, Civil Rights Division political leadership has shifted from protecting transgender people to...
Education: What’s Changed Since January 20, 2025
Since January 20, 2025, the current Administration has redirected the Civil Rights Division’s education enforcement...
Disability: What’s Changed Since January 20, 2025
Since January 20, 2025, the Civil Rights Division’s enforcement of federal disability civil rights laws has continued,...
Criminal Enforcement: What’s Changed Since January 20, 2025
Since January 20, 2025, Civil Rights Division political leadership has diminished the scope of criminal civil rights...
Policing: What’s Changed Since January 20, 2025
Since January 20, 2025, Civil Rights Division political leadership has retreated from police accountability while...
Housing & Government Services: What’s Changed Since January 20, 2025
Since January 20, 2025, Civil Rights Division political leadership has sharply scaled back efforts to combat...
Employment: What’s Changed Since January 20, 2025
Since January 20, 2025, Civil Rights Division political leadership has repurposed employment civil rights enforcement...
On Behalf of the United States: Independent Civil Rights Enforcement Undermined by Driving Out Career Staff
Across administrations of both parties, the Civil Rights Division’s work has evolved to reflect differing enforcement...
History of the Civil Rights Division
The history of the Civil Rights Division is inextricably linked to the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board...
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