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Hoping to steel Harvard’s resolve against Trump demands, Cambridge officials will host a rally - The Boston Globe It's an unusual move, officials say. But these are unusual times.

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Stand Up Harvard protest on Cambridge Common on April 12 at noon.

If you want to take action NOW, come out to #Cambridge Common tomorrow (4/12) at noon to tell #Harvard leadership to stand up and fight back! We are all impacted by the attack on our universities as free and independent sources of truth!

#50501protest #handsoff #nokings #boston

History classes from high school
to Harvard teach how appeasement never works. Leaders need to stand up and lead.

Stand up Harvard protest in Cambridge on Saturday! #standupHarvard

Are we heading to a new history war? A new executive order, Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History, suggests that the answer is yes. Instead of a "false narrative" disparaging the US, it says, we must "focus on the greatness of the achievements...of the American people...."

What Cory Booker did wasn’t just about breaking a record or standing up for democracy—it hits different for Black folks.

Strom Thurmond spoke for 24 hours to block the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

Cory Booker, a Black man, shattered a segregationist’s legacy—and flipped the script.
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People take part in a nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protest in New York City on April 5, 2025. | Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Millions of people took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across all 50 states and globally on Saturday: cnn.it/4hYKFL3

If you’re okay with a woman being snatched off the street for free speech and peaceful protest and detained with no due process …you have fully lost the plot on what AMERICA is supposed to be.

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere. People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—and what they fear he will do next.

The message is: crowd large.

Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.

Events like this puncture that delusion.

Tens of thousands of protesters gather for Boston 'Hands Off!' rally The event comes as part of nationwide demonstrations in opposition to President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk and the federal government's actions on government downsizing, the economy, human...

On 1/6/21 an estimated 2500 people, inspired by Trump, stormed the Capitol. Almost 1500 were charged with federal crimes.

Today, tens of thousands marched peacefully through Boston to protest Trump. There were no arrests or incidents.

This is what democracy looks like.
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Old south meeting house with call to action sign

Protest sign: billionaires are parasites

Protest sign: we still love you Canada

Loved this Boston crowd.

Photo of me with a person in George Washington costume holding signs that say no kings, at Boston city hall

Protest sign: Boston Protesting Tariffs Since 1773

Protest sign: Boston Throws Tyrants in the Harbor

Photo of Senator Ed Markey brushing past me in the crowd today as his team led him up to the Bandstand on Boston common

Met George Washington today and @edmarkey.bsky.social almost bumped into me at the #HandsOff march. What a great protest experience, so much 🔥momentum!

The Dropkick Murphys utterly killing it at the #HandsOff protest in Boston.

In front of The Embrace, a sign that reads "Boston beating kings since 1775." There are three red circles with lines through them over a British crown, the LA Kings logo and Donald Trump’s hair.

Fun fact: the Boston Tea Party was a protest against tariffs. Not sure this is technically true.

Massachusetts still hates kings 250 years later on one sign. On the other it reads 1 if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Cybertruck

A man with a Ukrainian flag draped over his shoulders holds a sign that says "How many Tesla should we throw into Boston Harbor"

Boston loves a Revolutionary War reference @ #HandsOff Boston

I just rolled up to the #HandsOff protest in my hometown of Marshfield, MA - a small coastal town about 30 miles south of Boston that’s a bit redder than MA overall. Huge crowds, content incoming for @motherjones.com

Students sue ✊🏾 to stop Elon Musk DOGE access to private data provided to Dept. of Education by 42M federal student loan applicants: student names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, contact information, demographic information & bank accounts.🕵🏾 Complaint: www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...

The House GOP ran on lowering your cost of living.

Now, they are making it easier for corporations to scam you out of your money.

Costco, which has come out saying it supports DEI, will make no changes to its existing programs, AND pays workers a minimum of $30/hour, is up 15% YTD.

Target, which announced it is ending all DEI programs and has a minimum wage of $15-$24/hour, is down over 4%.

Keep voting with your wallet.

Agree that institutional neutrality in this moment is covering for obedience, a defensive posture bc of endowment tax talk etc. But that is a weird, totally gratuitous, sexualized analogy to Nicole Kidman in Babygirl. Completely detracts from the weight of the argument and gives me the ick.

Join Repro Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder and Senator @edmarkey.bsky.social tomorrow night to hear how states like Massachusetts can stand up to attacks on our reproductive freedom in a second Trump administration.

Here in New England, we’re going on offense.

RSVP at edmarkey.com/Jan21

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.

Cecile Richards was a champion in the fight for reproductive freedom. She devoted her life to the betterment of our country and her legacy will be felt for years to come.

Gwen and I are sending our love to her family.

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Sooooo if this whole "biological sex" EO is really happening, biologists are going to make as much noise about it as possible, right?

Professional societies, universities, individual research groups? It's really incumbent on us (that's a "biologists us" here) to make a BIG FUCKING STINK

Nothing is more American than banning TikTok before AR-15s

A photo of Jackson Square in the French Quarter with Christmas decorations.

Just returned from joyful family holiday visit in New Orleans. Feeling heartsick and thinking about all the families devastated this morning.💜💚💛

Man on TV talking about the New Orleans event, announcing that he hates to say this but we’re going to have to be situationally aware everywhere we go.

Women: …

Louisiana’s Governor-Elect Wants To Withhold Funds For New Orleans’ Decaying Water Infrastructure Until Women Who Seek Abortions Are Prosecuted | Essence In a horrifying intersection of reproductive rights and environmental justice, Jeff Landry has urged the state to withhold funds because of his personal feelings about reproductive rights.

The author of this piece, @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social, said the governor was so upset he contacted Essence to try to get it pulled offline.

That's how you know it's a must read.

The meme I didn't know I needed

Rep. Ayanna Pressley joins for a ribbon-cutting outside Just Book-ish, a brand new bookstore in the Dorchester Neighborhood of Boston. Bookstore owners Bing, Porsha, and local leaders laugh and smile as a large red ribbon gets cut using a giant pair of scissors.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley reads a book out loud in front of a group of seated children. She is wearing black and seated in the corner of a bookstore in front of bookshelves. There is s microphone in front of her and a child raising their hand. The Congresswoman holds a book and smiles down at the child.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley poses for a photo on the street with the staff and ownership of justBook-ish, a brand new bookstore in Dorchester.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley poses for a photo inside just Book-ish, a brand new bookstore in Dorchester. The person next to her is wearing a black sweater that reads BLACK BOOKS MATTER in white text.

Hey Bluesky👋 y'all should really check out justBook-ish, a brand new bookstore in Dorchester.

With book bans on the rise, we need spaces like these that serve as beacons of literature, community, and intellectual freedom.

Congrats Porsha, Bing, and everyone who made their grand opening possible!