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Thank you, Vice President Kamala Harris and women of color movement leaders

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Vice President Kamala Harris had 107 days to unite the Democratic Party and launch her campaign for president. She made history as the first Black and South Asian woman to secure a major political party’s nomination. And her groundbreaking campaign was carried by Black women and other women of color leaders who came out en masse to donate, organize, volunteer, and vote.  We will not allow their sacrifices, efforts, and hope be erased in this darkness. Add your name to say thank you and that you will keep fighting. Why…

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Columbia University President Resigns, but School’s Troubles With Leftist Protesters Far From Over

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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, in office for just over a year, announced Wednesday that she would resign her position amid continuing backlash over anti-Israel demonstrations on campus. Shafik had been a holdout who remained at the helm of a university after she and other school presidents appeared in a series of House hearings this spring on antisemitism on college campuses.  “I write with sadness to tell you that I am stepping down as president of Columbia University effective August 14, 2024,” Shafik wrote in her resignation letter. “I have…

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100k Signers Agree: No President Should Have “Absolute Immunity”

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Supreme Court holds oral arguments this week on twice-impeached and criminally indicted former President Donald Trump’s absurd legal argument that anyone who’s been president has “absolute immunity” from prosecution for any crimes they commit, nearly 100,000 people have signed MoveOn’s petition calling on the Supreme Court to rule against his appeal.  Said MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting, “Once again, Donald Trump is shamelessly looking for a bailout from the MAGA majority on the court. Nobody is above the law, and especially not Trump.…

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