The Equality Issues at Stake With a Trump or Biden Election Win

Immigration, affirmative action, abortion on the Nov. 3 ballot
The candidates offer divergent explanations of root causes

Family members of detainees protest in Los Angeles on Sept. 30. In 2018, Trump adopted a “zero tolerance” approach to illegal border crossingsPhotographer: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

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By Naomi Nix and Maria Eloisa Capurro

October 30, 2020 at 5:13 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden have traded sharp attacks over a long list of policies, from international relations to the coronavirus pandemic.

The divide may be widest, though, on the issue of civil rights. Biden and Trump don’t just have competing legislative ideas on how to tackle discrimination and inequality, they offer starkly different explanations for their causes.