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Resistance is Everywhere

Hundreds of stories, one message: resistance is everywhere you look.

On Saturday, No Kings organizers and partners will hold thousands of events across all 50 states and Washington DC to get people to the polls early for the US midterm elections. With high-stakes races that will determine control of…

The Guardian

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A group of former federal prosecutors and human rights lawyers is coming together to investigate political corruption and law enforcement violence that it says is being ignored by the Justice Department under President Donald Trump.…

Resistance is protests

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Pro-democracy protest photos

Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: Middlesex, CT; Flintridge, CA; Kansas City, MO; Charlottesville, VA; Penn Hills, PA; Newberg, OR; San Francisco, CA; La Verne, CA; Lopez Island, WA; Oakland, CA; Croton, NY…

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Donald Trump’s speech to a small crowd of supporters in Dalton, Georgia, was just disrupted by protesters holding up signs against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who were forced out of the crowd by Trump supporters, including a…

The Guardian

Young’s anti-Trump stance is clear: he has repeatedly damned the president in writings on his website and in 2025 released a protest song about his administration, Big Crime. “Don’t need no fascist rules / Don’t want no fascist schools /…

The Guardian

Resistance is protests

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Pro-democracy protest photos

Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: Boise, ID; Montpelier, VT; Silver City, NM; Framingham, MA; Hinesburg, VT; St. Matthews, KY; Pleasant Hill, CA; Lexington, KY; Key Center, WA; Tucson, AZ; Chesterfield…

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When Adam Lindquist came to the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore in 2011, he thought the nonprofit business improvement district’s plan to make the harbor swimmable by 2020 was a little “crazy.” But he was up for the challenge. He’d…

The Philadelphia Citizen

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"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."  — Edith Wharton

 

There are so many people who are doing so much to make things better in our country and our world.

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October 17 - Vote Early Day

Vote Early - October 17

Join in a national day of voter participation on October 17 - join your neighbors in helping eligible voters understand their options and make a voting plan.

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Now is a great time to take action.

Take Action

You can make a difference.

It's okay to start small.

Action is the antidote to fear and despair.

Even doing small things - learning more about how we can strengthen our democracy, sharing what you know with others, making a phone call - can make a difference.

Right now is a great time to take action.

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