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The Resistance Wins First Round on Healthcare
Yesterday, the Center for Popular Democracy brought over a thousand people together in Washington D.C. to protest the Republican plan to take healthcare from an estimated 24 million Americans. This afternoon, March 24, Republicans pulled their bill from the floor. With today’s failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act, we see the fruits…
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This startup lets you invest a little money into solving real world problems
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Here's How to Avoid Owning Stock in Gun Companies
Orlando nightclub shooting spurs gun divestment movement. How you can avoid owning stock in gun companies.
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Sanctuary Cities Join Forces in First Meeting of Its Kind
On Monday, March 27, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions reiterated Trump’s threats to cut funding to sanctuary cities, local elected officials from across the country gathered to plan how we can fight back together. Seeking Sanctuary: Municipal Policy to Confront Mass Deportation and Criminalization, a national convening hosted by Local Progress, Center for Popular…
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Trump takes aim at 'sanctuary cities' with a proposal to cut more than $200 million in local funds – LA Times
Buried in President Trump’s budget proposal is an opening salvo against so-called sanctuary cities, local jurisdictions that he promised to punish for refusing to cooperate with deportation officers.
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Real-life handmaids are joining the anti-Trump resistance
Handmaids are forming a resistance to anti-abortion measures across the country.
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Trump explains how he invented 'prime the pump' and how we threw $6 trillion into the Rose Garden
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Racism motivated Trump voters more than authoritarianism – The Washington Post
By a lot.
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Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win by Amanda Abrams — YES! Magazine
This 86-year-old civil rights leader believes reconciliation is the only way forward.
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Cassini finds ‘big empty’ near Saturn
It’s not totally empty, but the space between Saturn and its rings is much emptier than scientists expected. Cassini will make its 2nd dive through this gap at 3:38 p.m. EDT
