Resistance is Everywhere
Hundreds of stories, one message: resistance is everywhere you look.
Resistance is in the courts
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Our running list of judges who have ruled on ICE’s mass detention policy
Federal judges across the country have been grappling for months with ICE’s decision to dramatically expand the number of people the agency locks up in detention facilities while their deportation proceedings are pending. This “mandatory…
Resistance is international cooperation
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Canada and France open Greenland consulates in show of Denmark support
Canada and France are to open diplomatic consulates in the capital of Greenland on Friday, showing support for their Nato ally Denmark and the Arctic island after US efforts to secure control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.
Resistance is protests
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Pro-democracy protest photos
Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: Petaluma, CA; Key Biscayne, FL; Raleigh, NC; Leeds, MA; Portland, OR; Pasadena, CA; Anchorage, AK; Oakland, CA; Allentown, PA; Paramus, NJ
Resistance is in the courts
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US judge blocks DoJ’s demand for Rhode Island hospital’s records of trans patients
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s sweeping demands for confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island’s largest hospital that provides gender-affirming care to minors. The US district judge Mary McElroy…
Resistance is in the courts
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Federal judge blocks US sanctions against UN expert on occupied Palestinian territories
Albanese’s husband and daughter, who is a US citizen, sued the Trump administration in February, alleging that the US sanctions are “effectively debanking her and making it nearly impossible to meet the needs of her daily life”. US…
Resistance is protests
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Pro-democracy protest photos
Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: Raleigh, NC; Hingham, MA; Los Angeles, CA; Chandler, AZ; Bangor, ME
Resistance is in the courts
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Young Americans demand court halt Trump’s biggest rollbacks of pollution protections
Eighteen American youth are demanding that a court immediately halt the Trump administration’s repeal of the scientific finding underpinning virtually all US climate regulations. The plaintiffs sued the Trump administration in February…
Resistance is international cooperation
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UN’s climate crisis vote shows political momentum is growing, say experts
But Narulla said the new resolution was likely to have the greatest influence on climate diplomacy. “The international community is showing that Cop is not the only forum that matters and, if progress stalls there, then climate action will…
Resistance is protests
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No Kings event set for 14 June, as Trump celebrates birthday with White House UFC bout
The No Kings movement has announced a nationwide event on 14 June, directly counter-programming Donald Trump’s 80th birthday celebrations and a Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bout on the south lawn of the White House. The centerpiece…
Resistance is athletes
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The NAACP’s boycott call is a wake-up moment for the American Black athlete
This week, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) turned to sports to join part of its dissent, calling for Black athletes to boycott public universities in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), arguably the…
Resistance is in the courts
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Kansas Judge Eviscerates Anti-Trans "Experts" Jamie Reed, Chloe Cole, James Cantor; Blocks Care Ban
This weekend, a Kansas judge issued a scathing 117-page rebuke of the state's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth—and in doing so, methodically dismantled the case against that care. In his ruling, Judge Carl Folsom III…
Resistance is protests
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Pro-democracy protest photos
Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: Minneapolis, MN; Bolton, MA; Washington, DC; New York, NY; West L.A., CA; Sacramento, CA; Louisville, CO; Pasadena, CA; Newton, MA; Hartford, CT; Augusta, ME; Fairfield, CT
Resistance is athletes
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Billie Jean King graduates from college at age 82 after leaving for tennis: ‘Yeah baby, only 61 years!’
But King told the crowd that her true motivation since childhood had been to fight discrimination, a calling she first remembered feeling at age 12, when she realized that virtually everyone at the tennis clubs where she trained was white…
Resistance is grassroots
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Miami residents sue over land for Trump presidential library
A group of Miami residents has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and the state of Florida over a land giveaway for his proposed presidential library. Almost three acres of prime waterfront land that once belonged to Miami Dade College (…
Resistance is in the courts
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New York federal judge bans ICE arrests at Manhattan immigration courts
A federal judge in New York has banned US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from arresting immigrants in or around three federal courthouses in lower Manhattan, where vigorous confrontations have played out since the start…
Resistance is standing up for your rights
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Officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6 sue to block payouts from $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' fund
Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of Trump supporters sued on Wednesday to block anyone — including Jan. 6, 2021, rioters — from receiving payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for…
Resistance is musicians
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Bruce Springsteen voices what Colbert left unsaid on penultimate 'Late Show'
"You're the first guy in America who's lost his show because we've got a president who can't take a joke," Springsteen said wryly, criticizing David Ellison, CEO of CBS's parent company Paramount, and his billionaire father, Larry Ellison…
Resistance is organizations
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Watchdog groups urge Senate to investigate Samuel Alito over oil stock conflicts
In a Thursday letter, a coalition of watchdog organizations called on the Senate judiciary committee to investigate Alito, the sole supreme court justice with holdings in energy companies. “His irregular recusal practice in oil and gas…
Resistance is standing up for your rights
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New York Times sues Pentagon again over ‘utterly unreasonable’ press restrictions
The New York Times has filed a second lawsuit against the Pentagon, arguing that its recent policy requiring journalists to have official escorts when on Pentagon grounds is unconstitutional. The Trump administration unveiled sweeping…
Resistance is elected officials
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US Senate votes to advance resolution to curb Trump’s Iran war powers
“Vote by vote, Democrats are breaking through Republicans’ wall of silence on Trump’s illegal war,” the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, said in a statement. “For more than 80 days, Trump has dragged America into a costly, chaotic…
