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==== The "DEI" sewage controversy ==== In April 2025, the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Justice Department]] terminated a landmark civil rights settlement with the State of Alabama to address serious health risks posed by the county's inadequate sanitation systems. The department claimed that the [[Presidency of Joe Biden|Biden-era]] agreement violated President [[Donald Trump]]’s proscription of [[Diversity, equity, and inclusion|DEI]] (diversity, equity and inclusion) initiatives.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Dennis |first=Brady |date=2025-04-11 |title=Justice Dept. scraps landmark civil rights deal over Alabama county’s sewage woes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/11/environmental-justice-lowndes-county-alabama-sewage/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name="nbc-1may2025">{{cite news |last1=Bunn |first1=Curtis |title=Trump shut down program to end human waste backing into Alabama homes, calling it 'illegal DEI' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/trump-canceled-dei-program-raw-sewage-alabaman-homes-rcna201164 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=May 1, 2025}}</ref> The Alabama Department of Public Health said that it would continue working on remedial actions envisaged by the 2023 settlement "until appropriated funding expires”.<ref name=":2" />
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