During its 2025-2026 term, the Supreme Court expanded the President’s power over independent agencies, weakened protections against racially discriminatory voting maps and upheld state bans on transgender students in school sports.
During its 2025-2026 term, the Supreme Court expanded the President’s power over independent agencies, weakened protections against racially discriminatory voting maps and upheld state bans on transgender students in school sports.
As the most diverse generation of workers enters the workforce, the agencies tasked with enforcing civil rights protections are failing them. But young workers have a history of organizing to win the protections they need.
The 60th anniversary of Executive Order 11246 reminds of the progress it made possible and the urgent need for Congress to restore and strengthen its protections.