April 27, 2025

How Love Wins This Week (Apr 26, 2025)

* Ok, yes, it's actually the 27th today. Sorry to be running a little behind!

Hard Wins: Cases won, orders issued, legislation passed, etc.

• Federal judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America [AP]
• Judge halts parts of Trump’s overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement [AP]. See also: Judge Halts Trump’s Anti-Voting Executive Order [Democracy Docket]
• Judges blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs [AP]
• Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities that limit immigration cooperation [AP]
• The Trump administration is ordered to facilitate the return of another man wrongfully deported to El Salvador: Judge rules the Trump administration violated a 2019 settlement in deporting a man to El Salvador [AP]
• International students stripped of legal status in the US are piling up wins in court [AP]
• Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees [AP]
• Minnesota Goes on the Offense, Sues Trump to Protect Trans Kids [Erin in the Morning]

Soft Wins: Cases filed, legislation introduced, etc.

• Civil rights groups sue to restore jobs at Homeland Security oversight offices that were gutted [AP]
• Harvard University filed suit against the Trump administration for seeking to cut off billions in funding", and Jay Kuo delivered an excellent breakdown: Harvard Hits Back [The Status Kuo]

Fighting the Good Fight: Protests, unofficial actions, and inspiration

• Hakeem Jeffries and Cory Booker livestream sit-in against GOP funding plan [The Guardian]
• Vox put together an inspiring collection of stories in the ongoing fight against climate change: Escape Velocity [Vox]
• An interview with activist Omkari Williams by The Trend report, "On what activism can look like and how to rise to the occasion, no matter the occasion": The Change Report™: Omkari Williams [The Trend Report]
• This is just plain cool: "Residents of all ages in a small Michigan community formed a human chain and helped a local bookshop move each of its 9,100 books — one by one — to a new storefront about a block away." Book lovers unite! See how a Michigan town moved 9,100 books one by one to their new home [AP]

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