Protesters are set to take to the streets in over 1,600 locations across the nation on Thursday, with left-wing activists claiming the Trump administration’s immigration policies and Medicaid changes are rolling back civil rights.
The “Good Trouble Lives On” protests call for peaceful marches in honor of civil rights activist and former congressman John Lewis, who is credited with coining the phrase “good trouble.” The term refers to nonviolent civil disobedience.
The national day of action on July 17 marks five years since Lewis’s death.
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“We are facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations,” the group’s website states. “Whether you’re outraged by attacks on voting rights, the gutting of essential services, disappearances of our neighbors, or the assault on free speech and our
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