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Trump Guts Key Civil Rights Protections With New Executive Order
“Donald Trump has just made an attempt to re-segregate America,” said legislative researcher Allison Chapman.
Nobel Laureate Warns Trump Is Following Duterte Model to Crack Down on Press
Hold the line and don’t give up your rights; what rights you lose today you will not get back, says Maria Ressa.
US Citizen Detained for 10 Days After He Asked Border Patrol Officer for Help
Border agents forced the 19-year-old, who cannot read, to sign a transcript of his arrest he says was false.
Democrats Travel to Louisiana ICE Prisons to Demand Release of Khalil, Öztürk
“[Donald Trump] is a dictator. And the only way to beat a dictator is with defiance,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley said.
LGBTQ Suicide Hotline at Risk Under Trump’s HHS Budget Proposal
The 988 LGBTQ crisis line is still active. Proposed cuts wouldn’t take effect until October, if approved by Congress.
By Refusing to Surrender Our Humanity, We Are Still Able to Fight Back
Sarah Kendzior discusses the Trump administration’s politics of disposability and the movement towards authoritarianism.
Over 200 Higher Education Institutions Pledge to Resist Trump Attacks
The academic leaders vowed to resist Trump’s efforts for “retribution, censorship, or deportation.”
Earth Day Sees Mobilized Resistance to Trump’s Planet-Destroying Policies
“We will not cooperate with the destruction of our world,” said the executive director of the Sunrise Movement.
Sen. Peter Welch Meets With Columbia Activist Mohsen Mahdawi in Prison
“How could [my activism] be a threat to anybody except the war machine that is feeding this?” Mahdawi said.
“We Cannot Give Everyone a Trial” Trump Says in Post Blasting the Supreme Court
Critics decried Trump's desire to end due process rights, with one saying Trump aims to bring the “dark ages” to the US.