State of Resistance
State of Resistance: How California Will Fight the Trump Agenda
More than any other place, California is well positioned to push back against the agenda of the incoming president. In this special series, Capital & Main examines why and how the Golden State will both lead the resistance to Donald Trump and continue to advance progressive ideas and policies.
More than any other place, California is well positioned to push back against the agenda of the incoming president. In this special series, Capital & Main examines why and how the Golden State will both lead the resistance to Donald Trump and continue to advance progressive ideas and policies.
- University of Southern California Professor Manuel Pastor and Capital & Main publisher Danny Feingold look at why California must lead in the Trump era.
- Danny Feingold names 10 influential Californians who will take on the Trump administration.
- Leighton Woodhouse reports on how advocates are planning for the anticipated assault on immigrants.
- Judith Lewis Mernit explores how environmental activists will work to block Trump’s efforts to reverse climate change policies and to keep California in the vanguard of fighting global warming.
- Bill Raden examines how the repeal of Obamacare will affect California residents, and how the state can limit the damage.
- Bobbi Murray reports on how California’s formidable labor movement will oppose Trump’s attacks on workers’ rights and launch new initiatives to battle economic inequality.
- Bill Raden looks at how California artists are gearing up for the Trump era.
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