Demographic changes and broader public inclusion have hastened this latest wave of hostility in the past few years to people of color, immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, and women. Antagonistic policies that penalize differences, like the Muslim ban, caged immigrant children, and forced pregnancy bills are clear examples of this vitriol. More subtle is the evisceration of protections like the social safety net through slashes to food stamps by the federal Department of Agriculture or the rescission of discrimination protections by the Department of Education and the Department of Housing and
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