Compassionate Resistance for 5/3/17

This post is part of my “Compassionate Resistance” series, a regular roundup of stories of local resistance from across America. This series was inspired by and is part of Powerful Resistance, a grassroots project to counter the injustice of the current administration by promoting positive stories of justice and compassion.

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• Watch Jimmy Kimmel's Tearful Monologue After Newborn Son's Heart Surgery (Rolling Stone): "Don't let partisan squabbles divide us on something that every decent person wants. No parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child's life."
• Why Kimmel's Obamacare Pitch Was So Powerful (The Atlantic): "About a quarter of Americans under 65 have pre-existing conditions that would have made them uninsurable before Obamacare’s protections were implemented."
• Jimmy Kimmel Is Right on Health Care (CNN): "A January Pew Poll found that Americans want our government to guarantee more health coverage, not less."
• Letter: If You Want to Write About Muslim Women, Give Our Narratives the Justice They Deserve (North By Northwestern): "I am tired of speaking my truth and thanking people for their acceptance of it. It is high time that journalists on this campus hold themselves accountable for their work, its intentions and its impact."
• A Farm Town Ponders How to Protect Its Immigrant Workers (Crosscut): "Without immigrants’ hands, nothing is going to get done in this country, especially in Yakima Valley."
• 'Faith-Inspired Social Justice' Is Continued Theme as Wild Goose Festival Expands Geographically (Baptist News Global): "The inclusion and the grace was a big thing. I grew up Southern Baptist — fundamentalist. The ability to believe in science and still have faith was a breath of fresh air."
• Supreme Court Recognizes Discrimination Hurts Entire Cities (ACLU): "The court’s action recognizes that entire communities — and not just individuals — are harmed by segregation and discrimination."
• Michael Moore to Take One-Man Anti-Trump Show to Broadway (Common Dreams): "It's a humorous play about a country that's just elected a madman—I mean, there's really no other way to put it."
• Letter: Writer's Anti-Muslim Statements Are Both Outlandish and False (Laconia Daily Sun): "If we focus only on the negative, we will never grow as a people. We would all do better to learn to be a little more open-minded, empathetic, and caring, especially to those that need our help."
• In 'American Gods,' Even Deities Have The Immigrant Experience (National Public Radio): "You're still defining yourself as American in the mirror of where you came from, where your families came from. That's all part of the process of finding yourself in America."

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