Racial-Targeting

Kennedy Center Fires Jazz Director in Continued Cultural Institution Purge

| Importance: 7/10

Kevin Struthers, longtime jazz director at the Kennedy Center, was terminated following the July exit of artistic director Jason Moran, as Trump appointee Richard Grenell systematically purges the national cultural institution. Jazz programming has been gutted, with major performances cancelled and …

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FHFA Director Pulte Uses Mortgage Data to Target Fed Governor Lisa Cook

| Importance: 9/10

William Pulte, Trump’s FHFA Director, accesses private mortgage application data to accuse Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud for listing two properties as primary residences, part of pattern targeting Trump’s political opponents.

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North Carolina Voter ID Law Struck Down for Targeting African Americans

| Importance: 8/10

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down North Carolina’s comprehensive voter restriction law, ruling it targeted African American voters ‘with almost surgical precision.’ The 2013 law eliminated same-day registration, reduced early voting, ended out-of-precinct voting, and …

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