Molly Butler / Media Matters
Another grave threat to civil rights law is on the doorstep of the Supreme Court, and it has a connection with some of this country’s most notorious white nationalists.
DonorsTrust, the “Dark Money ATM” of the right, has long incubated a legal nonprofit run by an anti-civil rights strategist who is now bringing a new challenge to affirmative action before the Supreme Court. But it appears this internal litigation project is only one side of DonorTrust’s campaign to undermine the protections of civil rights law; recent tax filings reveal the group is also taking a more direct approach by funding racist extremist groups.