History in the Service of Solidarity
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Image: Sen. Chris Van Hollen meets Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, where Kilmar was incarcerated in a brutal prison after being wrongfully deported and denied due process in the United States.
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January 8. Jacob Frey: I’m the Mayor of Minneapolis. Trump Is Lying to You .
January 14. Governor Tim Walz: Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota .
January 16. Richard Luscombe: Democrats condemn ‘trauma and terror’ of Trump’s ICE surge in Minnesota: Congress members hold field hearing in St Paul, warning of future investigation into federal agents’ deadly use of force .
January 30. Jelani Gibson: N.J. governor wants residents to record ICE agents, upload videos to new state database .
February 1. The Associated Press: Democrat flips reliably red Texas district in victory that stuns Republican party .
February 26. Chris Stein: Democrats in four states seek to bar ICE employees from future civil service jobs: Bills aim to make ICE employees ineligible for jobs in law enforcement, public education and state civil service .
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February 12. Robin Opsahl: Bernie Sanders returns to Iowa as part of ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour .
February 21. Noah Berlatsky: AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong .
February 28. Maryland Matters: State ramps up effort to bring fired federal employees into the state fold: Plan includes websites, job fairs, and cherry-picking top talent for vacant positions, including 1,600 teaching positions .
March 5. Alan Herrera: Jasmine Crockett Offers Fiery Reaction To Trump’s ‘Nightmare’ Speech To Congress . March 4.
Arthur Delaney & Lydia O’Connor: Rep. Al Green Removed After Causing Disruption During Trump’s Speech: “You have no mandate to cut Medicaid,” Rep. Al Green yelled while pointing his cane toward Trump .
March 6. Erin Reed: Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana .
March 24. Parker Molloy: Watch Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Reject the Politics of Trans Abandonment .
March 26. AP News: Democrats take hope from upset win in a GOP-leaning Pennsylvania state Senate district .
April 3. Ruth Ben-Ghiat: What Sen. Booker’s Speech Teaches Us About Effective Resistance Strategy .
April 10. Jenna Russell: Maine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by ‘Loud Men.’
April 14. Senator Chris Van Hollen: Van Hollen Requests Meeting with President Bukele to Discuss Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Announces Intent to Travel to El Salvador This Week if Abrego Garcia is Not Returned .
April 14. Alex Thomas: Bernie and AOC Are Starting a New Political Movement Before Our Eyes .
April 16. Chris Stein: US senator says El Salvador denied request to meet Kilmar Ábrego García: Chris Van Hollen condemns ‘unjust situation’ and says vice-president blocked access to wrongly deported man .
April 19. Naftali Bendavid: Three ex-presidents denounce the current one in a two-week stretch: While presidents have been at odds before, there is often a sort of camaraderie among the small club of individuals who have served in the highest office in the land .
April 20. MSNBC: ‘There is no safety in appeasement’: Raskin’s warning to universities in negotiations with Trump .
April 21. Marianna Sotomayor: House Democrats travel to El Salvador to meet Abrego García
April 22. PBS: More Democratic lawmakers visit El Salvador to see Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported by Trump administration .
April 23. Alexandra Marquez: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker takes steps to boycott El Salvador in protest of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s detention .
April 28. MSNBC: ‘These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace’: Pritzker calls for mass protests against GOP
May 9. The New York Times: Newark’s Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center: Ras J. Baraka and city officials have said that the lockup is operating without a valid certificate of occupancy.Three members of Congress from New Jersey were with Mr. Baraka when he was arrested .
May 15. The Ink: The leaders we need: Anat Shenker-Osorio and Amanda Litman on the problem with centrists, next-generation leadership for Democrats and everywhere else, and making the future by doing .
June 9. Chad de Guzman: Trump Over National Guard Mobilization, Says President ‘Manufactured’ Crisis in California
June 10. Laurel Rosenhall:Newsom Tells Nation That Trump Is Destroying American Democracy
June 10. Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck:Rep. McIver indicted on 3 charges in clash outside ICE detention center. Democrats have decried the charges as political retaliation and predicted that Rep. LaMonica McIver will be cleared in court.
June 10. Laurel Rosenhall: Newsom Tells Nation That Trump Is Destroying American Democracy. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California called on Americans to stand up to President Trump in a nationally televised address.
June 11. Tatum Hunter: ‘Come and get me’: Gavin Newsom has entered the meme war . Locked in an online showdown with Trump, Newsom is styling himself as an internet-era champion of the left.
June 27. Marina Dunbar: Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for defamation and demands $787m. California governor accuses network of falsely claiming he lied about a phone call with Donald Trump .
June 30. George Chidi: Throwing their bodies on the gears: the Democratic lawmakers
showing up to resist Trump. Republicans may literally own social media platforms, but some Democrats are buying back legitimacy with protests .
July 16. Robert Tait: Hungary opposition figures urge Democrats to organize against autocratic takeover by Trump: Forum speakers said Donald Trump’s second term resembles strongman Viktor Orbán’s first years in power .
July 29. Sam DeCoste: ‘Go jump in the Gulf of Maine’: Maine denies DOJ’s request for list of state voters .
August 3. Edward Helmore: Texas Democrats leave state to prevent vote on redrawing congressional map .
August 3. Kayla Guo & Eleanor Klibanoff: Texas House Democrats flee the state in bid to block GOP’s proposed congressional map .
August 8. Nicholas Wu & Andrew Howard: Democrats make a Trump-inspired U-turn on redistricting: Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who pushed for national reforms, now says her party “cannot and will not unilaterally disarm.”
August 18. Christopher Armitage: It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”: Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern .
August 29. John Stoehr: How Gavin Newsom made Mike Johnson look like a Democrat .
August 29. Michael Brownstein & Alex Madva: Why the Texas Democrats’ Walkout Worked .
August 31. Erin Cox & Katie Shepherd: Why Maryland’s governor leaned into a fight with Trump: ‘This one is personal.’ The first-term governor and potential presidential candidate initially sought to strike a conciliatory tone with the president, but National Guard deployment to D.C. and attacks on Baltimore have changed that .
August 31. Jessica Corbett: US Lawmakers Urged to Follow Merkley and Van Hollen’s Lead After Senators Denied Access to Gaza .
August 31. Maya Yang: JB Pritzker calls for ‘all to stand up’ to Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago .
September 3. Lauren Gambino: California, Oregon and Washington ally on vaccines in rebuke to Trump’s CDC: Three Democratic governors create West Coast Health Alliance amid growing turmoil at HHS under RFK Jr .
September 18. Joseph Goldstein: New York and Other States Form Health Bloc as Answer to Trump’s Policies: Northeastern governors, like their peers in the West, want to shore up public health and issue a stamp of approval for vaccines .
September 19. Brianna Tucker & Amy B Wang: Congressional candidate thrown to ground during protest outside ICE facility: Kat Abughazaleh, 26, a Democrat running for the 9th Congressional District seat in Illinois, was among the demonstrators who clashed with federal agents .
September 20. Gerardo Zavala: California bans masks meant to hide law enforcement officers’ identities .
September 21. Melody Schreiber: States rally to offset fracturing of federal healthcare agencies: ‘Diseases don’t see state lines’. Changes to regulatory or information environments will help states decouple from federal health recommendations .
October 7. Forbes: Chris Murphy Breaks Down Each Step Of Trump’s ‘Authoritarian Takeover’ .
October 8. The New Republic: Newsom and Pritzker Are Showing How to Attack an Authoritarian Crook .
November 5. Lauren Gambino: Prop 50: Californians pass redistricting measure that helps Democrats flip up to five House seats .
December 15. Justo Robles:Democrat on ousting Republican in Pennsylvania’s ’swingiest’ county: ‘Partnering with ICE is a losing proposition.’
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Image: from Harvard Stands Up .
Related Resources
Lee C. Bollinger: University: A Reckoning .
Cross Cultural Solidarity: Trump’s Authoritarian Assault on Universities & Academic Freedom .
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January 26. Leila Fadel: Former Columbia University president’s new book explores attacks on higher education .
March 18. Brianna Holt: Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works.’”
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January, 2025. American Association of University Professors. Against Anticipatory Obedience .
March 24. Rebecca Hamilton: The Imperative of Solidarity in Response to Assaults on Legal Services, Universities, and Independent Media
March 25. Lexi Lonas Cochran: Education groups sue Trump administration over Columbia funding battle .
April 14. Edward Helmore: Harvard says it will not ‘yield’ to Trump demands over $9bn in funding cuts: In a message, the university’s president said it will not ‘surrender its independence’ amid crackdown on education .
April 15. Edward Helmore: Obama backs Harvard as Yale faculty members support standing up to Trump: Harvard faces funding freeze as Yale faculty asks leadership ‘to resist and legally challenge any unlawful demands .’
April 15. The Hill: Harvard receives support from Yale, Stanford .
April 16. Maya Yang: US universities’ faculty unite to defend academic freedom after Trump’s attacks .
April 17. NPR: Wesleyan President Michael Roth discusses Trump’s pressure campaign on universities .
April 22. The Guardian: Harvard sues Trump administration over efforts to ‘gain control of academic decision-making.’
April 22. Alice Speri: Over 150 US university presidents sign letter decrying Trump administration .
April 22. Helen Coster: US college presidents unite against Trump’s higher education policies .
April 23. James Fallows: From Academia, a ‘Primal Scream.’ Watch in real time, as American higher ed goes on offense to defend itself.
April 25. Bill McKibben: At Last, College Presidents Are Standing Up to Trump. A letter signed by more than 400 university heads offers a sharp rebuke to the bully-in-chief.
May 27. NPR: As Trump targets elite schools, Harvard’s president says they should ‘stand firm’ .
May 27. NBC News: Trump’s fight with Harvard University is ‘mind-bogglingly crazy,’ says former education secretary .
June 11. Edward Wong: Fulbright Board Resigns After Accusing Trump Aides of Political Interference. The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.
June 27. Leyland Cecco: University of Toronto agrees to host Harvard students facing Trump visa restrictions. Pact will help international students finish their studies amid Harvard’s legal battle with Trump administration .
August 11. Andy Rose: These college leaders are keeping the heat on in battle with Trump administration – despite settlements by prominent schools .
August 19. Ryan Quinn: ‘Higher Ed Alone Cannot Save Democracy’: More than a year into his presidency of the American Association of University Professors—including nearly seven months of Trump’s targeting of universities—Todd Wolfson is calling for a “multisector” fight that’s not just reactive .
October 17. Alan Blinder: Universities Are Standing Up to Trump: A White House proposal for special funding treatment crossed a line for several schools. Some say it feels like a turning point in the federal government’s battle with higher education .
October 10. Kimmy Yam: MIT is first school to reject Trump administration’s agenda in exchange for funding benefits .
October 16. Alex Dash & Isha Chitirala: Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment .
October 17. Ryan Quinn: UVA, Dartmouth Latest to Reject Trump’s Higher Ed Compact: The University of Virginia is the first public, and Southern, institution to publicly turn down the administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
October 20. Susan Svrluga & Emily Davies: White House hits road block in effort to get top colleges to sign deal: Six of nine universities that were asked to sign an agreement in exchange for funding advantages have rejected the offer ahead of Monday’s deadline for responses .
November 7. Alice Speri: Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks: Student, national and local groups across US organized day of action to condemn Trump’s assault on academic freedom .
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Image: Bishop Mariann Budde preaching at the Service of Prayer for the Nation
Resources
Music Playlist for Interfaith Resistance .
Rev. James Martin: Our Moral Duty in Turbulent Times .
Pastor Michael Woolf: Video interview about religious opposition to ICE, and the need for the faithful to put their bodies on the line .
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January 11. Jack Jenkins: In Minneapolis, George Floyd-era faith networks reignite after Renee Good’s killing by ICE .
January 13. Jack Jenkins: Faith leaders are denied access to immigration detainees in Minnesota .
January 13. Bob Smietana: Renee Good was a martyr for her faith, like MLK, say Presbyterians: The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness, part of the Presbyterian Church (USA), says Good is part of ‘a sacred lineage of faithful witnesses who have risked and lost their lives in defense of human dignity.’
January 15. Jack Jenkins: Two Episcopal bishops say clergy may have to put ‘bodies on the line’ to resist ICE: ‘I’ve asked (clergy) to get their affairs in order, to make sure they have their wills written,’ said the Rt. Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld, the Episcopal bishop of New Hamps .
January 15. Nina Moini & Aleesa Kuznetsov: Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding .
January 16. Adelle M. Banks: Black church leaders aid Minneapolis, seek laws curtailing federal agents’ mask usage .
January 20. The Washington Post: ‘Morally acceptable’ for U.S. troops to disobey orders, archbishop says: Timothy P. Broglio, who heads the Catholic archdiocese for the U.S. military, expressed concern at President Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland by force .
January 21. Yonat Shimron: US rabbis head to Minneapolis to join protests to counter ICE raids .
January 21. Gina Christian: Minnesota archbishop: ‘Comprehensive immigration reform now’ amid ‘battleground’ on the streets .
January 22. Jack Jenkins: Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE .
January 23. Jack Jenkins: Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE .
January 23. Jack Jenkins: One year after she urged Trump to have mercy, Bishop Budde leads clergy protests in Minneapolis .
January 26. Kathryn Post: As Springfield’s 15,000 Haitians brace for deportations, local churches train to resist ICE .
January 29. Jack Jenkins: Maine clergy form spiritual ‘shield’ outside workplaces to protect immigrants from ICE .
February 3. Lulu Garcia-Navarro: Rev. James Martin on Our Moral Duty in Turbulent Times .
February 9. Yonat Shimron: 140 rabbis train in Washington on how to resist authoritarian governments, ICE .
February 10. Jack Jenkins & Aleja Hertzler-McCain: Cardinal Cupich says feds stopped priests, demanded citizenship proof: ‘I’ve had some priests who are of a different color being targeted and arrested — stopped — because of their color and asking them to prove that they’re citizens .’
February 10. Richa Karmarkar: As Walk for Peace reaches DC, Buddhist monks share interfaith message with thousands .
February 10. Fabiola Cineas: Ohio city stands up to Trump’s ‘attitude of hate’ toward Haitian community .
February 11. Jack Jenkins: ‘Jews against ICE’: Rabbis lead hundreds in mass Jewish protest outside ICE headquarters .
February 16. Jack Jenkins: Judge bars most ICE raids at a group of churches that sued the Trump administration .
February 8. Jack Jenkins: 400 Christian leaders urge resistance to Trump administration on Ash Wednesday .
February 19. Hayden Royster & Jack Jenkins: Bay Area pastor, shot with a pepper round, files $5M claim against federal government .
February 19. Aleja Hertzler-McCain & Jack Jenkins: How faith networks are building a safety net for immigrants released from detention .
February 23. Jack Jenkins: Minnesota faith groups sue DHS over access to immigrant detainees .
February 25. Aleja Hertzler-McCain: Outside US Capitol, hundreds of United Methodists call for dismantling ICE .
February 27. Jack Jenkins & Aleja Hertzler-McCain: Catholic bishops: Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship affronts Catholic teaching .
March 29. Joshua McElwee: Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars .
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January 21. Washington National Cathedral: Sermon by Reverend Mariann Budde .
January 22. NPR: Bishop Mariann Budde tells NPR ‘I won’t apologize’ for sermon addressing Trump .
January 27. Jack Jenkins: In letter, Jewish groups urge Trump not to enact ‘widespread persecution of immigrants.’
January 30: National Council of Churches Urges ICE to Refrain from Entering Churches and Other Sensitive Locations .
January 31. Jack Jenkins: LDS Church: Members should care for the needy ‘regardless of immigration status.’
February 11. Christopher White: Pope decries ‘major crisis’ of Trump’s mass deportation plans, rejects Vance’s theology .
February 13. Maya Yang: ‘ No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan .
February 14. Jack Jenkins: Lawmakers, faith groups push bill to prevent ICE raids on churches, sensitive locations .
March 11. Jack Jenkins: Evangelical groups hold vigil against Trump and Musk’s foreign aid cuts .
March 12. Michel Martin: Faith leaders push back against Trump cuts and what they see as erosion of democracy .
March 18. Jack Jenkins: Tracking the legal battles faith groups are fighting against the Trump administration .
March 31. Jack Jenkins: Evangelical, Catholic groups: 1 in 12 Christians could be impacted by Trump deportations .
April 16. NPR: Trump exploiting antisemitism fears to undermine rule of law, warns Jewish coalition .
May 4. Kimmy Yam: 130+ Jewish Georgetown members rebuke Trump for ‘weaponizing faith’ in wake of Badar Khan remarks
May 6. Samantha Brown: How William Barber’s latest prayer-protest led to his arrest at the Capitol: As part of his ongoing Moral Mondays demonstrations, Barber said fighting Medicaid cuts is one way to address a “crisis of democracy.”
May 7. Teresa Wiltz: He Got Arrested for Praying at the Capitol. He Has Thoughts On Protest Under Trump. Rev. William Barber on the future of protest politics during Trump 2.0 .
May 7. Jack Jenkins: To put pressure on Trump, Democrats turn to religion — and religious activists: ‘Faith leaders have been at the forefront of every progressive movement in our nation’s history … so I’m glad to see faith leaders speaking out and getting into good trouble in opposition to the upcoming reconciliation bill,’ Delaware Sen. Chris Coons told RNS .
May 12. Jack Jenkins: Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition .
June 14. Jack Jenkins: At Philadelphia’s ‘No Kings’ protest, faith leaders urge crowd to ‘rebuke hate.’
July 23. Christopher Hale: Pope Leo’s Prayer Riders Join Miami Archbishop in Protest at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Inmates denied Bibles as Trump and DeSantis’s prison guards claim “no right to religion.”
August 13. Episcopal News Service: Washington bishop, interfaith leaders oppose Trump militarization of DC: ‘Fear is not a strategy .’
August 24. Michelle Boorstein: He was a child refugee. Now he’s a bishop navigating Trump’s deportation push. San Diego Bishop Michael Pham, the first U.S. bishop picked by Pope Leo, is part of a new wave of clerical leaders speaking out about migrants’ rights .
August 25. Jack Jenkins: Clergy rally to defend Kilmar Abrego García as he is detained by ICE .
September 11. Maria J. Stephan: The 6 superpowers that faith communities bring to nonviolent struggle .
September 22. Rabbi Brant Rosen: God is in the Resistance: Sermon for Rosh Hashanah 5786 .
October 3. Todd Feurer: Chicago alderwoman arrested by ICE agents while checking on detainee at hospital in Humboldt Park .
October 5. Joshua McElwee: Pope Leo, after Trump critique, urges Catholics to help immigrants .
October 7. Jack Jenkins: In Chicago, clergy and faith-based protesters say ICE is threatening their religious freedom: Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who would Jesus deport?’
October 10. Anthea Butler: Pope Leo calls on U.S. bishops to stand up for migrants’ rights: The pope met this week with a group of more than 100 Latino Catholics from the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry .
October 11. Heather Cox Richardson: A New Way to Think About Religion and Politics with James Talarico .
October 12. Ayesha Rascoe: A Chicago clergy member talks about the role faith leaders play in anti-ICE protests .
October 12. Natalie Martinez & Jorge DeSantiago: Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby .
October 22. Jason DeRose: Progressive Christians counter Christian Nationalism message .
October 23. Joshua McElwee: Pope Leo decries ‘grave crime’ of mistreatment of immigrants .
November 7. Sarah Schulte: Chicago business, civic and faith leaders join together to call for end to immigration raids .
November 12. Elizabeth Dias: Catholic Bishops Rebuke U.S. ‘Mass Deportation’ of Immigrants: In a rare statement, the bishops framed the immigration crisis in starkly moral terms. “We feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity,” they said .
November 13. Michael Woolf: Why clergy should risk assault to protest ICE .
November 15. David Smith: ‘Trump is inconsistent with Christian principles’: why the Democratic party is seeing a rise of white clergy candidates: From Texas and Iowa to Arkansas, faith leaders are wading into politics to counter the rise of Christian nationalism .
November 15. Jack Jenkins: At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest .
November 17. Emma Cieslik & Max Kuzma: Of Course the Virgin Mary Would Trample ICE .
November 20. Jack Jenkins: Catholic clergy, nuns sue Trump admin over Communion access for ICE detainees: ‘The Catholic Church recognizes service to people on the margins as corporal works of mercy that are cornerstones of Christianity,’ the legal complaint reads .
November 20. Jack Jenkins: Catholic clergy, nuns sue Trump admin over Communion access for ICE detainees .
November 23. Bill McKibben: They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity: Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression .
November 25. Jack Jenkins: How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE: A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians —who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say is designed to protect immigrants in their neighborhoods and around Chicago .
November 28. Siri Chilukuri: Chicago’s faith leaders on front lines of resistance against ICE crackdown .
December 3. Tyche Hendricks: ‘They are not alone’: Migrants rely on faith communities amid immigration crackdown .
December 5. Jack Jenkins: ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations .
December 8. Jenna Russell: Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders .
December 9. Jack Jenkins and Aleja Hertzler-McCain: Priest says sisters slated for deportation are Christians who could face persecution by Iran .
December 15. Malcolm Foster: White Christian clergy running for Congress as Democrats face skeptics in their own party .
December 16. Mariana Garcia & Joe Eskenazi: 42 faith leaders arrested after chaining themselves to S.F. immigration court .
Image: Climbers flying an upside down American Flag – a symbol of national distress – from Yosemite’s famous El Capitan.
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February 3. AP News: Marchers protesting planned deportations block major freeway in Los Angeles .
February 10. Lana Leonard: Thousands “Rise Up for Trans Youth” in New York City, Leading National Conversation on Denial of Healthcare Across Major Hospital Systems .
February 14. Jason Koebler: Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website: “These ‘Experts Left Their Database Open.”
February 20. Edward Hasbrouck: ‘ Tesla Takedown’ underscores the importance of moving from protest to resistance .
February 25. Gavin Feek: How the Yosemite Climbing Community Is Reacting to DOGE Layoffs: El Cap’s upside-down flag, the park’s fired lone locksmith, and the safety of Yosemite climbing this .
February 26. Media Matters: People are calling into right-wing radio shows to voice frustrations with the Trump administration .
February 27. Kylie Mohr: A rogue ranger is documenting every National Park Service firing .
February 28: Boycott Central: Boycotts can be a powerful tool to make companies stop doing bad things. Boycotts are people power. Let us know if you’re part of that power!
February 28. S. Baum: University of Cincinnati Protests Lead to “Biological” Bathroom Signs Reversal .
February 28. Media Matters: People are calling into right-wing radio shows to voice frustrations with the Trump administration .
March 1. Forbes: People Protest Near Vermont Ski Resort Where Vice President JD Vance Is Vacationing .
March 1. Isabel Spartz: Hundreds gather at Yellowstone National Park to protest job layoffs .
March 8. Pranshu Verma & Trisha Thadani: Anger at Elon Musk turns violent with molotov cocktails and gunfire at Tesla lots .
March 9. Christopher Wiggins: Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers’ town halls as Republicans hide from voters .
March 21. Kevin Foster: Portland is building a model for migrant solidarity under Trump: As ICE raids ramp up across the country, Portland’s Asylum Seeker Solidarity Collective is building trust and community through mutual aid
April 22. Dominic Rushe: Elon Musk to pull back in Doge role starting May amid 71% dip in Tesla profits
June 26. Sam Hill: ‘GO **** YOURSELVES’: National park visitors slam feds in leaked park comments .
August 4. Benjamin Wittes: Contemplating strategies of non-cooperation .
August 13. Daniel Hunter: Free DC models effective resistance to National Guard takeover: Washington, D.C. residents’ rapid response to Trump’s National Guard deployment is a masterclass in how to prepare for crises and fight authoritarianism .
September 10. Democracy Now! CodePink Disrupts Trump’s Visit to a D.C. Restaurant .
September 18. The Washington Post: Man plays ‘Imperial March’ behind National Guard members .
October 16. Waging Nonviolence: The resistance reaches into Trump country: As organizers for No Kings 2 seek historic turnout on Oct. 18, the broader pro-democracy movement has already broken new ground .
October 16. Bill McKibben: Ha, it’s a frog! On the role of humor in resistance movements .
October 20. Gary Shteyngart: The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance .
October 21. Ethan Cotler: Company Demolishing White House Flooded With 1-Star Reviews .
October 24. Fox 12: Aloha produce market starts ‘mutual aid’ program to help neighbors losing SNAP, EBT benefits .
October 27. Phil Lewis: As SNAP benefits come under threat, a Detroit farmer is stepping up to help fill the void. The federal shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Urban farmers like Travis Peters are stepping up to ensure their communities can eat .
November 7. Word in Black: We Are the Resistance: Black America and the Fight for the Future .
November 15. Reuters: Protesters wrap ‘crime scene’ tape around White House perimeter .
November 23. Victoria Namkung: Brand-new activists are discovering political movements – and each other: ‘You feel the camaraderie.’
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One of the best ways to contribute to positive change is to join an organization. It’s a great way to build community, stay inspired and plugged in, and learn, grow, and become more effective. There are thousands of great organizations doing justice work: here are some suggested starting points. Many of these orgs also have local chapters that can help you explore your local movement ecosystem, where you can find a range of local organizations best suited for you.
For a more comprehensive source, see this list of “ 500 Leading Progressive Organizations .” If you’re looking for organizations primarily doing get out the vote work, see this special get out the vote resource .
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50501 : Building momentum through community-building and protests: 50501 is a grassroots political organization protesting the second Trump administration.
Color of Change : Color of Change leads campaigns that build real power for Black communities. We challenge injustice, hold corporate and political leaders accountable, commission game-changing research on systems of inequality, and advance solutions for racial justice that can transform our world.
Federal Unionists Network : An informal association of federal unionists and our allies organizing to support each other in strengthening our unions, improving our agencies and building solidarity across the federal sector of the labor movement.
Indivisible : A grassroots movement of thousands of local groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.
Mijente : We are a political home for Latinx and Chicanx people who seek racial, economic, gender and climate justice.
Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ) : Mobilizing white people for justice across the country. Through campaigns, education, and action opportunities, SURJ moves people to reject racism and complicity– and to join movements for change.
Sunrise Movement : We’re a movement of young people fighting to stop the climate crisis and win a green new deal.
Third Act : Organizing elders to protect the climate and strengthen our democracy.
United We Dream : As the largest immigrant youth-led network in the country, our members advocate for the dignity and respect of all immigrants.
Working Families Party : Building a multiracial party of working people to transform our country.
Knowing where to turn for excellent news and analysis is always important… especially in turbulent times. Below are some great sources to explore.
Suggested Sources of Analyses for Activists & Organizers
Suggested Newsletters from Excellent Thinkers
Suggested Left & Progressive News Sources
Popular Magazines with Good Progressive Writing
Suggested Mainstream News Sources
Resources
ASO Communications :
The Center for Story-Based Strategy : Center for Story-based Strategy cultivates imagination spaces where story, grassroots leadership, organizing, and democracy are interwoven strategies to build power.
Convergence Magazine: Article Collection on Narrative Strategy .
George Lakoff: Framing for Activists .
Scot Nakagawa: Stories of Resistance: Narrative Strategies for Democratic Movements .
Narrative Initiative : We collaborate with social movements to transform deeply held beliefs and values to make equity and justice the foundations of multiracial democracy.
Race-Class Academy : A 12-video introduction to how together we can beat dog whistle politics by building cross-racial and cross-class solidarity.
Reframing America :
Nayantara Sen: How the Light Gets In: Narrative Power Building through the Arts .
Words to Win by Podcast :
Books
Lee Anne Bell: Storytelling for Social Justice: Connecting Narrative and the Arts in Antiracist Teaching .
Doyle Canning & Patrick Reinsborough: Re:Imagining Change: How to Use Story-Based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World .
Micharl Jackson: The Politics of Storytelling: Variations on a Theme by Hannah Arendt .
Claire Keifer & Cliff Mayotte (editors): Say it Forward: A Guide to Social Justice Storytelling .
Sonali Kolhatkar: Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice .
Ian Haney López: Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America .
Nesrine Malik: We Need New Stories: The Myths that Subvert Freedom .
Annalee Newitz: Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind .
Francesca Polletta: It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics .
Rebecca Solnit: Whose Story Is This?: Old Conflicts, New Chapters .
Books About Storytelling & Human Nature
Brian Boyd: On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction .
Jonathan Gottschall:
Will Storr: The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better .
Image: from Hands Off! rally in San Francisco .
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Grassroots Organizing Against ICE .
Grassroots Organizing Against Trump .
International .
Legal .
MAGA .
Mass Protest .
Media .
Military & Defense Industry .
National Guard .
Scientific Community .
Sports .
Universities .
Veterans .
Workers .
Youth .
Further resources on charting the resistance .
Image: From the Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights .
The Fight Against ICE
Resources for the Fight Against ICE .
Know Your Rights
ACLU:Know Your Rights
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC): Red Cards/Know Your Rights Cards .
National Immigration Law Center: Know Your Rights Explainer
Hotlines
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR): List of immigration hotlines . (For reporting raids,seeking help if being detained or at risk of being deported, or reporting missing migrants.)
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