A new court settlement eliminates discrimination in about thirty USDA programs. Daniel Lennington is an attorney with the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. He tells Brownfield, “We sued over three particular programs that discriminated based on race. One is the Dairy Margin Coverage fee, one is the Loan Guarantee Program, and one is the […]
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