Two of the federal workers who filed an emergency complaint about the Department of Housing and Urban Development speak out about the Trump administration’s actions.
It should not have come as a shock. The Trump administration’s agenda to roll back civil rights was outlined in Project 2025, the 900-page roadmap written by conservative think tanks and former administration officials. Upon his inauguration, the president began issuing executive orders, ending programs, halting investigations, and appointing anti-civil rights loyalists to key positions in his government. Some democratic leaders spoke out and condemned budget cuts and layoffs. But in the months since, the administration has largely gotten away with casting its actions as reining in cumbersome DEI regulations or cutting corporate red tape. It has taken organizing by the very same workers who are the most under attack to sound the alarm about what is really going on. Namely, this nation’s progress on civil rights and equality under the law is being reversed, ended in front of our eyes with clear intent and it’s happening fast.
Recently, four attorneys and staff workers at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD’s Office of General Counsel and Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, went public with an emergency complaint, which they filed through US Senator Elizabeth Warren’s office, and taken to the press. I spoke with two of those courageous whistleblowers about what made their actions...
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