US civic health rating downgraded after year of ‘restrictive‘ Trump actions

Civicus, a non-profit that monitors global civic freedoms, moved the US from the narrowed' to obstructed' category

A coalition of global civil society organizations has downgraded the United States' civic health rating from narrowed" to obstructed."

In a report released on Tuesday, Civicus, a non-profit that monitors civic freedoms in 198 countries, placed the US in its obstructed" category. The group cited a sharp deterioration of fundamental freedoms in the country ... following a year of sweeping executive actions, restrictive laws and aggressive crackdowns on free speech and dissent."