Still Marching After All These Years
What A Day5 Jun 2020

Still Marching After All These Years

Trump’s former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis published a scathing indictment of his presidency, and he’s been backed up by Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski. Lawmakers in the Congressional Black Caucus are preparing a piece of police legislation that will aim to end racial profiling and qualified immunity.

We speak with Dr. Keisha Blain, a professor of African American History at University of Pittsburgh, about how what’s happening now is an extension of the work civil rights leaders began long ago.

And in headlines: Trump signs executive order to weaken environmental protections, Zoom makes users pay for end-to-end encryption, and loud blonde man Jake Paul charged with looting.

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We're Not Powerless Against Trump's Climate Sabotage

We're Not Powerless Against Trump's Climate Sabotage

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Migrants’ Legal Limbo

Migrants’ Legal Limbo

In the last few weeks, the Supreme Court has dealt more than half a million migrants a serious blow to their ability to live here in the U.S. legally. In separate orders, the court allowed the Trump a...

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How Trump's Chaos Is Becoming Normal

How Trump's Chaos Is Becoming Normal

Can you believe it’s already June? So much has happened since President Donald Trump returned to the White House four and a half months ago, it’s hard to process. In that short amount of time, Trump h...

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In Israel And Gaza, War Opposition Grows

In Israel And Gaza, War Opposition Grows

This week marked more than 600 days since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. In the wake of Hamas' horrific Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel, Palestinian health officials say at least 50,000 p...

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When The Conspiracy Theorists Become Bureaucrats

When The Conspiracy Theorists Become Bureaucrats

Before Kash Patel, Dan Bongino and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. were prominent members of the Trump Administration (FBI Director, FBI Deputy Director and Health and Human Services Secretary, respectively), ...

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Are Trump’s Crypto Ventures Corrupt

Are Trump’s Crypto Ventures Corrupt

To the average American, the world of cryptocurrencies can be completely inscrutable. Only about 17 percent of U.S. adults say they've ever invested, traded or used crypto, according to an October Gal...

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Abortion Access In Trump's America 2.0

Abortion Access In Trump's America 2.0

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has long been a pusher of junk science, especially when it comes to research around vaccines and autism. So it should come as no surprise that he ...

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Assembly Required: Rachel Maddow on Winning America’s Fight Against Fascism

Assembly Required: Rachel Maddow on Winning America’s Fight Against Fascism

Today, the What A Day team is off. But we’re excited to bring you a recent episode of Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams.In the first 100 days of the Trump Administration, we’ve watched Republicans ...

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