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An illustration of a group of people standing behind the American flag.

Illustration by Paul Rogers

An illustration of a group of people standing behind the American flag.

Illustration by Paul Rogers

Illustration by Paul Rogers

Heroes of the Resistance

Inspiring stories of people who have stood up to Trumpism

Heroes of the Resistance

Inspiring stories of people who have stood up to Trumpism

Environmental Protection Agency employees from the Chicago area rally against attacks on the agency by the Trump administration, outside the Metcalfe Federal Building, March 25, 2025, in Chicago.

Malcolm Ferguson

The EPA Employees Who Took a Stand Against Trump’s Devastation

More than a hundred employees of the Environmental Protection Agency put their careers at risk with the “Declaration of Dissent” they signed in June.

September 16, 2025

September 16, 2025

Photograph of Alfredo Juarez Zeferino. The government claims that his work organizing farmworkers had nothing to do with why ICE targeted him.

The Union Organizer Held in a Secret Detention Center He Helped Expose