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ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks

JL;DR SUMMARY The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has quietly modified its mission statement by removing a section on protecting civil rights from its website, marking a strategic focus shift amidst right-wing criticism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationAdlFbiJewish OrganizationsCivil RightsAnti Jewish HatredKash PatelNonprofit AdvocacyRight Wing CriticismMission Change

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Denver, Colorado, United States
"The annual Martin Luther King Day March in Denver, January 2023."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"The change to the website, which has not been previously reported, was made amid other website edits following a flurry of right-wing criticism and an unprecedented attack on the organization earlier this month by FBI Director Kash Patel."
New York, United States
"A New York Magazine deep dive in August into Greenblatts apparent shifts laid out what it said was evidence of a rightward drift."

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