3 hours ago Trump’s inauguration will be held on MLK Day. The civil rights leader’s daughter Bernice King is glad

Civil rights leaders are worried Trump’s administration could roll back the rights of US residents

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31 hours ago From the Women’s March to Occupy, the mass protests of the 2010s were a mixed bag. What lessons can we learn?

Many features of recent protest movements also held them back – but years of study have made journalist Vincent Bevins believe solidarity and structure can effect changeThe day after Trump’s 2017 inauguration, the freshly minted junior senator from California addressed the crowd at the Women’s March in Washington. “Let’s buckle in,” Kamala Harris declared, “because it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”She wasn’t kidding. Continue reading...

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31 hours ago From the Women’s March to Occupy, the mass protests of the 2010s were a mixed bag. What lessons can be learned?

Many features of recent protest movements also held them back – but years of study have made journalist Vincent Bevins believe solidarity and structure can effect changeThe day after Trump’s 2017 inauguration, the freshly minted junior senator from California addressed the crowd at the Women’s March in Washington. “Let’s buckle in,” Kamala Harris declared, “because it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”She wasn’t kidding. Continue reading...

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31 hours ago Many protest movements of the past decade have backfired. What would it take for one to succeed under Trump?

Some features of mass protests in the 2010s also held them back – but years of study have made journalist Vincent Bevins believe solidarity and structure can effect changeThe day after Trump’s 2017 inauguration, the freshly minted junior senator from California addressed the crowd at the Women’s March in Washington. “Let’s buckle in,” Kamala Harris declared, “because it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”She wasn’t kidding. Continue reading...

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32 hours ago Bitcoin rises after SEC chair says he is to step down when Trump is inaugurated

Gary Gensler, a critic of the cyrpto industry, will leave the US financial regulator on 20 JanuaryCryptocurrencies have risen sharply after one of the industry’s biggest critics, Gary Gensler, said he would stand down as the head of the US financial regulator when president-elect Donald Trump was inaugurated in January.In a post on X, Gensler confirmed he would resign from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on 20 January. Continue reading...

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