April 29 marks the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency. In that time we've seen an expansion of wars abroad, a crackdown on immigrants and refugees, threats to the environment, education, and public services. We've also seen huge protests and new resistance movements. Here's what we're reading to learn more:
Women will fight Trump's agenda for the next 100 days, too, by Alicia Garza and Ai-jen Poo via Cosmopolitan
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Erica Chenoweth is Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. Follow her on Twitter @EricaChenoweth.
It would be easy to become skeptical about the viability and efficacy of nonviolent resistance in the age of Trump. But this would be to ignore a number of incredibly hopeful trends.
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Melissa Lee is a communications fellow with the American Friends Service Committee.
This week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to unveil new priorities for federal prosecutors' enforcement of immigration law, including aggressive prosecution against immigrants for unauthorized reentry into the United States. He has also reversed the Obama Justice Department's move away from private prisons, backed away from oversight of police departments, and promised to ramp up the failed war on drugs.
Here's what we're reading to learn more.