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CT to cancel medical debt for another 97,000 residents

More than 97,000 Connecticut residents will receive letters this week informing them that some or all of their medical debt has been erased, according to a Tuesday press release from the governor’s office.  This marks the fourth round…

Resistance is volunteering

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ICE made their neighbors ‘prisoners in their own homes’. So 130 Memphis residents signed up to deliver food

But the community rose to meet the challenge. Initially they had nearly a dozen people who volunteered as delivery drivers; now they have about 130. One volunteer built an app to help make the process smoother for people working on the…

Resistance is volunteering

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How a Minneapolis childcare center survived the ICE surge – and is moving forward

About 60 volunteers, many of whom live in suburbs, have been working in shifts to take the center’s staff to and from their homes in neighborhoods across the city. The effort is just one example of the elaborate systems of mutual aid and…

Resistance is grassroots

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‘Liberty Vans’ appear across US to help immigrants – and document ICE raids

Volunteers in the small fleet of three vans – which are named for the second world war Liberty ships that delivered supplies to Allied forces – offer moral and legal support, stand in visible solidarity with families and document ICE…

Resistance is solidarity

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California fast food workers, still reeling from ICE raids, demand employers step up

Fast food workers in California are demanding employers sign a pledge reaffirming workers’ rights amid Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids at workplaces across the US.

Resistance is solidarity

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She’s raised almost $20m to help Minnesota – she thinks you can do it too

From thousands of miles away in San Antonio, Ashley Fairbanks watched the news pour out of her home town of Minneapolis– federal immigration authorities flooding the streets and regular people stepping up to defend and care for their…

Resistance is standing up for your rights

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‘We want to rebuild trust’: fired CDC workers form group to combat Trump’s war on science

While they battled to get their jobs back, Tighe and several other fired CDC employees banded together to create an improvised mutual aid network they called Fired But Fighting. But as the months dragged on, Fired But Fighting’s members…

CT to cancel medical debt for another 97,000 residents

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More than 97,000 Connecticut residents will receive letters this week informing them that some or all of their medical debt has been erased, according to a Tuesday press release from the governor’s office. 

This marks the fourth round of a state program that aims to cancel a total of roughly $650 million in medical debt for state residents by the end of this year. The initiative has erased a total of $513 million in medical debt for more than 250,000 residents since its launch in 2024. 

“Medical debt is a burden carried by families in every Connecticut community, but it disproportionately affects working-class families,” Gov. Ned Lamont said in a statement in the press release. He also thanked the Connecticut hospitals and providers that have participated in the program.

How a Minneapolis childcare center survived the ICE surge – and is moving forward

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About 60 volunteers, many of whom live in suburbs, have been working in shifts to take the center’s staff to and from their homes in neighborhoods across the city. The effort is just one example of the elaborate systems of mutual aid and support that childcare centers have set up in the Twin Cities. While the center slowly tries to find a new normal, its organizing actions offer lessons for other communities in the future.
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The Guardian

ICE made their neighbors ‘prisoners in their own homes’. So 130 Memphis residents signed up to deliver food

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But the community rose to meet the challenge. Initially they had nearly a dozen people who volunteered as delivery drivers; now they have about 130. One volunteer built an app to help make the process smoother for people working on the logistics side. “The pantry is really the truest example of a community effort,” Hampton said. “People from all across the community, different walks of life, different religions, different ethnicities – everyone came together to make this happen.”
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The Guardian

‘Liberty Vans’ appear across US to help immigrants – and document ICE raids

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Volunteers in the small fleet of three vans – which are named for the second world war Liberty ships that delivered supplies to Allied forces – offer moral and legal support, stand in visible solidarity with families and document ICE operations so people can see the human impact of the military-style raids that have become a daily part of American life.
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The Guardian

She’s raised almost $20m to help Minnesota – she thinks you can do it too

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From thousands of miles away in San Antonio, Ashley Fairbanks watched the news pour out of her home town of Minneapolis– federal immigration authorities flooding the streets and regular people stepping up to defend and care for their communities. She knew she had to do something. So the 39-year-old writer, artist and digital strategist started a Google Doc.
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The Guardian

‘We want to rebuild trust’: fired CDC workers form group to combat Trump’s war on science

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While they battled to get their jobs back, Tighe and several other fired CDC employees banded together to create an improvised mutual aid network they called Fired But Fighting. But as the months dragged on, Fired But Fighting’s members watched as the administration, under the direction of Robert F Kennedy, the US health secretary, transformed the agency into something scarcely recognizable. Rather than focus on fighting for jobs that may no longer exist, they decided to grow into something new – to advocate for public health the way the CDC had always done it.
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The Guardian
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March on Washington - Aug 28 2026 - Defend the Vote

March on Washington Aug 28 2026 Defend the Vote

 

March on Washington - August 28: gather in Washington DC to Defend the Vote

Join this peaceful, nonpartisan, interfaith, and intergenerational gathering as we defend the right to vote and protect democracy. We are not gathering simply to remember history - we are gathering to make it.

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