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Virginia Woman Who Was Fired For Flipping Off Trump Takes Former Employer to Court

Today in First Amendment news, a Virginia woman has filed a lawsuit against her former employer for the right to flip off President Trump. Last November, Juli Briskman, at the time a marketing executive at Akima, a government contractor, went for a bike ride on Saturday afternoon near her home. She ran into the presidential […]

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This Week’s Resistance Events: Pints for Parkinsonโ€™s, Dolores for PCUN, and TriMetโ€™s new MAX Line

1976-GEORGE BALLIS / TAKE STOCK / THE IMAGE WORKS FRIDAY, MARCH 30 Dolores Screening for PCUNโ€œSi se puede!โ€ Itโ€™s a legendary phrase originally uttered by United Farmer Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta (and often wrongfully credited to co-labor leader, Cรฉsar Chavez). In many ways, Huerta is a hidden figure, but this documentary sheds light on her […]

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Weirdly, People Keep Vandalizing Ridgefield’s Confederacy Monument

Jefferson Davis Park on August 17, 2017 For totally weird and mysterious reasons, someone (or some group) keeps vandalizing a confederate monument erected in Ridgefield, Washington, just north of Vancouver. And according to the Columbian, this time around vandals/patriots cut down at least three Confederate flags from their poles. For the third time since August, […]

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