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Trump Goes Nuclear in the War On Women
The most vulnerable and the most in need of justice come last in Trump's America. The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law (Title IV, sec. 40001-40703 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, H.R. 3355) signed as Pub.L....
I Can’t Keep Quiet
"These women are from different states and never met till today. They practiced this song online. I was crying the whole time I filmed this. Show them some love." ~Alma Har'el These women are from different states and never met till today. They practiced this...
Amazing Grace
via People's Action In his eulogy for Reverend Pinckney at Mother Emanuel in Charleston, South Carolina, President Obama said “to feed the hungry and clothe the naked and house the homeless is not just a call for isolated charity but the imperative of a just society.”...
Stop Asking What The Women’s March Is “About”
https://www.facebook.com/events/142008659620007/ By Shani Silver Stop asking what it’s about. Stop asking what I think it will accomplish. Stop trying to undermine a gathering of women by belittling them with questions you’d never ask a man. Stop thinking women...
We the People: public art for the inauguration and beyond
Eight years ago, the artist Shepard Fairey made the iconic image that captured a period of HOPE in America. Today we are in a very different moment, one that requires new images that reject the hate, fear, and open racism that were normalized during the 2016...
5 Ways to be a Silent Trump Protester
The next four years are going to be a constant assault against all of the progress made in the past hundred years by women, minorities, LGBTQ folks, immigrants and democracy itself. Everyone who knows me knows exactly how I feel about the impending Trump Presidency,...
Coretta Scott King’s Lost Letter to the US Senate
The lost letter from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow opposing Jeff Sessions for a federal judgeship in 1986 has been found, and it's a doozy.. "The irony of Mr. Sessions' nomination is that, if confirmed, he will be given life tenure for doing with a federal...
Yes, we did. Yes, we can.
In his farewell address, President Barack Obama urged citizens to take action. "Our democracy...needs you. Not just when there’s an election." "My fellow Americans —Michelle and I have been so touched by all the well wishes that we've received over the past few...
Force a Roll-Call Vote on Every Nomination
"It’s becoming clear that for the next few years American foreign policy will be shaped by the struggle among Republican regulars, populist ethno-nationalists and the forces of perpetual chaos unleashed by Donald Trump’s attention span. The Republican regulars build...
Ethics, Shmethics: The Culture of Republican Politics
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump captured American voters’ dissatisfaction with Washington, D.C., in just three words: “Drain the Swamp.” But despite the president-elect’s insistence that he will uphold the catchy campaign pledge, Trump has failed to—or more...
