Grinnell Student Resistance

03/26/2019

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Three-year undercover sting reveals how US's National Rifle Association handles public opinion after deadly gun attacks.

03/09/2019

The For the People Act (HR 1) passes!!! Go Democracy!

The Democratic measure would expand voting rights and crack down on gerrymandering and dark money.

03/01/2019

In other news: this + Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to be indicted on corruption charges

Palestinians in Gaza have been protesting for nearly a year along the separation fence with Israel.

02/28/2019

Michael Cohen pleaded guilty last year to violating campaign finance laws when he paid off adult film star Stormy Daniels to stay quiet before the 2016 election about an affair Cohen said she had with Trump.

02/28/2019

This is big.

The legislation mandates background checks be performed on all gun sales, including firearm purchases made privately. The Senate is unlikely to take it up.

02/20/2019

“The fact that this ruling will go without further legal challenge is a victory for every Iowan who has ever needed or will need a safe, legal abortion.”

DES MOINES — Calling it an “extremely difficult decision,” Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Monday the state won’t appeal a judge’s ruling from last month that Iowa’s new “heartbeat” law mostly

02/15/2019

This is the true national emergency

For the project “Since Parkland,” teenage journalists wrote profiles for every child killed by gun violence in the year since the Florida school shooting.

02/08/2019

We've said it time and time again: Our alumni rock!!!

01/31/2019

"Some 35,000 schoolchildren and students in Belgium skipped classes Thursday to take their demands for urgent action to prevent global warming to the streets"

It's the Belgian capital's fourth climate rally in two months

01/29/2019

Huge congrats to the student organizers at Middlebury!! 🧡

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Congratulations to Middlebury College for voting unanimously to divest from fossil fuels and invest in our future.

Thank you to the students, administrators, faculty, and community of Middlebury for working together to create lasting change.

01/25/2019

An Iowa state judge on Tuesday struck down the state's so-called "fetal heartbeat" law, declaring one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans unconstitutional.