Resistance is Everywhere

Democratic state representatives in Minnesota staged an overnight sit-in in their house chamber on Thursday after the Republican speaker failed to put a gun violence prevention bill up for a vote.Samantha Sencer-Mura, a Democratic…

The move could lead to a swift confirmation vote by the Senate for Warsh, a former top Fed official whom President Donald Trump, a Republican, nominated in January to replace Powell. Powell’s term as chair ends May 15. Sen. Thom Tillis, a…

Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: Burlington, MA; Asheville, NC; Alexandria, LA; Austin, TX; El Paso, TX; Oakland, CA; San Jose, CA; Washington, D.C.; Lexington, MA; Durham NC; Londonderry, NH; Jamaica Plain…

The Senate Minority Leader from New York called on the administration to rehire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cruise ship inspectors and Port Health Station staff laid off during cuts overseen by the Department of Government…

The South Carolina Senate failed on Tuesday to reach the necessary two-thirds vote to agree with House changes made to the sine die resolution that would have allowed lawmakers to take up congressional redistricting after session ends…

Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: Albany, NY; Santa Rosa, CA; Rochester, NY; Sonoma County, CA; Raleigh, NC; St. Paul, MN; Hartford; Norwalk, CT; Silver Spring, MD

Donna Weinstein, of Boynton Beach, said she was motivated to protest because of how the president, his family and friends seemed to be making money off of being in power. "What about the billions of dollars going to his friends who run…

Given the current trajectory, the nation may soon see 12 million Americans, or approximately 3.5 percent of the population, engaged in multiple forms of nonviolent mobilization. As the Center for American Progress has discussed and as…

Democrats tore into government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein abuse scandal on Tuesday – revealing new details of the scale of his international sex-trafficking ring, and warning Donald Trump not to grant a presidential pardon to the…

Dozens of people gathered on a sandy lot in front of the White House construction zone Tuesday evening, carrying posters peppered with monarch butterflies and unfurling massive banners reading “Set kids free.” The butterflies symbolized…

By the time “Operation Metro Surge” hit Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota, residents were primed to fight back. From houses and stores, in cars and on bicycles, people of every age, race and political stripe dogged ICE wherever it went. The…

Her finding was based off a declaration filed earlier this month by Dottie Romo, IRS’ chief risk and control officer, which revealed that the IRS had provided DHS with information on 47,000 of the 1.28 million people that ICE requested —…

The May Day Rally organized by Stand Up for Science is a call to action, a show of solidarity, and a rallying point for the scientists, public servants, health workers, labor organizers, and advocates on the front lines of the fight. The…

Washington — President Trump on Thursday said he is nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier to be the next U.S. surgeon general, replacing his nomination of Casey Means, whose bid had stalled in the Senate for months.  The president…

A nonprofit is suing the National Park Service, the Department of the Interior and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum over the decision to resurface the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall, and to paint the…

The “Ball Without Billionaires” fashion show on May 4 flips the 2026 Met Gala theme—“Fashion is Art”—into a counter-declaration: “Labor is Art,” centering workers as models styled by emerging designers while reclaiming power and culture…

André is part of a group of “data rescuers” who have banded together during Trump’s second term. They have been quietly racing to save hundreds of critical government datasets before they are no longer available. Now known as the Data…

Attorney Paul Schwiep, who represents the groups, said the legal fight would continue even if the camp closed. “While it is welcome news that people will no longer be inhumanely confined at this facility, the damage caused by this reckless…

As of 1 April, the Department of Justice has sued 30 states and the District of Columbia for failing to turn over full copies of their voter registration lists. The push has hit repeated roadblocks, including legal defeats in California,…

Under the rotunda in the Cannon building, veterans — young, old, some with visible disabilities and all wearing military jackets— held a flag-folding ceremony to honor the American troops who have died in the current conflict. They also…