We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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Stop Saying We're a Nation of Immigrants
The "nation of immigrants" motto ignores America's history of colonialism, conquest and forced migration, embodied in several non-immigrant groups that are rarely discussed: Native Hawaiians and Puerto Ricans.
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How the Humble Town Hall Became a Battle Arena for the Trump Resistance
In more than 300 cities and towns in 49 U.S. states last week, tens of thousands of citizens flooded to congressional town halls and activist meet-ups billed as “resistance recess," dwarfing the early days of the Tea Party.
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Occupy the Cinema: Hey Oscars, It's Time To Recognize the Story of America
For 2016, a most politically tumultuous and depressing year, documentaries on race relations – "O.J.: Made in America," "The 13th" and "I Am Not Your Negro" – ruled the landscape. Now, how will Hollywood vote?
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Populism in Action: How Trump's Foreign Policy Is Shaping the EU's Political Landscape
The rise in popularity of the German far-right Alternative für Deutschland party and the French National Front immediately following the election of Donald Trump raises an important question: How far gone is the EU, exactly?
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Trump Administration Rescinds Obama Rule On Transgender Students' Bathroom Use
The Trump administration has reversed federal guidance that directed public schools to allow students to use the restrooms and locker rooms that corresponded to their gender identities.
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"We Are Still Here": Water Protectors Remain in Prayer, Brace for Mass Arrests
Water protectors standing against the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline were bracing for militarized police to descend on their protest camp near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, as the evacuation deadline loomed.
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The Private Prison Industry Is Licking Its Chops Over Trump's Deportation Plans
"There's little doubt in my mind that they will continue to rely on the private prison industry in what's going to be the biggest expansion of [ICE] in history," said Carl Takei, staff attorney for the ACLU's National Prison Project.
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Help Wanted: How You Can Act Locally To Stymie Trump’s Agenda
Community Control Over Police Surveillance, or CCOPS, empowers city councils to reexamine and stop local police departments from broadly sharing surveillance data with fusion centers, as well as with the federal government.
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Dysfunction and Deadlock at the Federal Election Commission
A 2015 Bloomberg poll found that at least 87 percent of Americans favored changes to campaign finance laws so that wealth does not dictate political influence – yet our FCC continues to betray the American public and jeopardize our democracy.
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Challenging London, Renewables Are Flexing Power Across the British Isles
From Scotland to Wales to Northern Ireland, renewable energy is growing and innovating, and a bottom-up green revolution is showing it can undercut a toxic national government in London.
