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American democracy is under attack.
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FEATURED NEWS
From Our States
DC + Maryland Chapter
Wisconsin Chapter
Massachusetts Chapter
Join Jill Lepore, Danielle Allen
Monday, 7-8:30
Grub Street, Seaport in Boston
moderated by Rishi Reddi
RSVP at this link: https://grubstreet.org/event/writing-for-change-democracy-in-crisis
Illinois Chapter
FALL OF FREEDOM
Ban the Bans at The Seminary Co-op
Friday, November 21
4:00PM – 5:00PM CST
5751 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago
New Hampshire Chapter
Visit the New Hampshire Chapter’s Federal Workers’ Stories Project HERE.
From Our Writers
New from Peter Balakian:
NEW YORK TRILOGY
An American long poem in three sections that moves between decades of tumultuous life in New York City and explosive parts of the Middle East and explores the impact of historical events including the Armenian Genocide, the bombing of Hiroshima, the Vietnam War, the AIDS epidemic, the attacks of September 11th, the US war in Iraq, and the climate crisis on the protagonist’s life.
University of Chicago Press
From the Democracy Theater Project. . .
Watch the Oct. 6th Event Recording of Ban the Bans, our most recent theater production.
The Art of Peace: On Amichai, Darwish, and the Poetic Imagination
by Yahia Lababidi
Consequence Forum, August 6, 2025
Ezzideen Shehab returned to Gaza in 2023, following a decade of medical studies abroad. Five days after his return, the war began. Dr. Shehab founded the Alrahma Medical Center in Jabalia, a small clinic that provides free medical care for the injured and starving of north Gaza. To support Alrahma, visit Chuffed.org.
Thank you to all who joined the nationwide NO KINGS DAY protests Saturday, October 18!
7+ million attendees at 2,700 events occurring in all 50 states!
Writers for Democratic Action mobilized, with our partner Indivisible and the 50501 Movement in April, June, and October in to resist the MAGA assault on our country and Constitution, and peacefully defend our freedoms, our rights, and our future. When those in power try to silence us, we rise louder. When they attack our communities, we fight back—together.
Thanks to all who joined us!
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Oppose the Attack on Education!
"Donad Trump and his administration are dismantling the US Department of Education, which was created in 1979 to coordinate most financial assistance to education. The Department's mission is to serve America's students by ensuring equal access. Make no mistake: this is an attack against the marginalized. This is an attack against literacy. This is an attack against our fundamental rights.