60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history
- Written by Philip Klinkner, James S. Sherman Professor of Government, Hamilton College
There's a long history in the U.S. of denying the rights, liberties and benefits of democracy to some Americans.rob dobi/Getty ImagesFor many Americans, Donald Trump’s head-spinning array of executive orders in the early days of his second term look like an unprecedented effort to roll back democracy and the rights and liberties of American...