Rachel Leingang
Reporter at Freelance
Reporter, Guardian US at The Guardian
Democracy reporter at @GuardianUS. Past: @arizonaagenda, @azcentral, @azcapitoltimes. [email protected]. Signal: rachelleingang.241
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1 week ago |
portside.org | Rachel Leingang |Léonie Chao-Fong |Marina Dunbar
Rallies in US Over Workers’ and Immigrants’ Rights Published May 3, 2025 Protesters rallied nationwide on Thursday in support of workers’ and immigrants’ rights in the latest round of demonstrations against Donald Trump and his administration. May Day, commemorated as international workers’ day, comes after two massive days of protests in April – 5 April’s hands off rallies and 19 April’s day of action – drew millions to the streets across the country.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Rachel Leingang
Donald Trump said again on Friday that he would be “taking away” Harvard’s tax-exempt status as a nonprofit in a legally questionable move that escalates his ongoing feud with the elite university. “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” Trump wrote on Truth Social in a more direct message than a post in April when he said “perhaps” the college should lose its tax-exempt status.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Rachel Leingang
When Donald Trump chose a Project 2025 author to lead a key federal agency that would carry out the underpinnings of the conservative manifesto’s aims, he solidified the project’s role in his second term. Shortly after he won re-election, the US president nominated Russ Vought to lead the office of management and budget.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Rachel Leingang
Protesters are expected to rally nationwide on 1 May with a focus on workers’ and immigrants’ rights in the latest round of demonstrations against Donald Trump and his administration. May Day, commemorated as international workers’ day, comes after two massive days of protests in April – 5 April’s hands off rallies and 19 April’s day of action – drew millions to the streets across the country.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Rachel Leingang
The US supreme court’s conservative majority seemed open to establishing the country’s first public religious charter school as they weighed a case Wednesday that could have significant ramifications on the separation of church and state. The Oklahoma state charter school board approved the application for St Isidore, a Catholic virtual charter school. The ACLU and other groups filed suit, as did Republican attorney general Gentner Drummond.
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Across the country, GOP lawmakers are eroding church and state separation by passing laws that favor Christianity. They want these laws to go before the US Supreme Court to overturn separation entirely. We zoom in on Oklahoma to show what this looks like. https://t.co/e6BGKDW9NV
Jo Ellis was not involved in any way with the DC helicopter crash. But the Virginia National Guard pilot, who is trans, got pulled into a web of false claims by people looking for a scapegoat, especially one that fit the anti-DEI narrative. https://t.co/KsU1HmnqZx
“Is the goal to demonstrate you are an activist and to self-actualize, or is the goal to actually effect change? There can be overlap between those two things, don’t get me wrong, but I care far more about the second. My goal is to win."
the @guardian has launched a new series on democracy & justice. stoked to write on the threats the oil & gas industry (& the concentration of wealth and power) pose our first piece is on the future of protest. by @rachelleingang @adriawalkr and me https://t.co/BJwjNp5LFh