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Answers to key questions.

The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.

Since Donald Trump’s election, his opposition party hasn’t acted much like one. The same cannot be said of Bernie Sanders, who hit the road this weekend in red states in an effort to stoke pushback to Trump’s slash-and-burn plutocratic governance.

It’s happening here, now

“It’s not enough for us to sit by on the sidelines,” says Dr. Michael Osterholm

As I witness the resurgence of white supremacy under Trump, I remember the segregation and Jim Crow of my youth.

Liberal lawmakers need a real message on this issue because the one they have now is nonexistent at best—and a mirror of the right’s cruel ideology at its worst.

"We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations," they wrote. "However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments."

It is a song that turns the tragic tale it begins with into a veritable shout, for it concludes not as a somber dirge for one fallen fellow worker but as a soaring call for collective action and for all working people to stand up for their rights.

While Reddit and Instagram are already gathering places for federal workers to commiserate, We the Builders aims to offer an alternative outlet for workers who may be fearful to share their stories even through an anonymous social media account