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Canadians Say They Were Turned Away At Us Border For Trying To Attend March

... a border crossing between Champlain, New York and St. Bernard de Lacolle, Quebec, with his partner and friend who are both Americans, on Thursday night. "Upon arrival, we told the border patrol officer we're heading down to DC and will be attending the Women's March and will be in DC the day of the inauguration," he told CNN. The group was asked to go through a secondary inspection. Joseph Decunha said he was denied entry into the US after telling a border official he planned to participate in the Women's March in Washington DC. At the second border inspection, they were asked if they were pro- or anti-Trump, Decunha said. Read More. "We were honest and said we were anti-Trump and at that point, he engaged me directly in conversation because I assumed I was the only Canadian," he said. Decunha elaborated as to why he didn't support Trump and talked about the Affordable Care Act and other ...

Why Women March Today In Washington

... working environments: policies that benefit men as well. Meanwhile, the only people who appear to benefit financially from the notion that feminism has destroyed men's economic lives are those who scream about it the loudest. American men and women struggling to keep their heads above water don't need impractical appeals to simpler times when "men were men and women were women." They need real solutions for navigating the forces that have left millions of men and women behind. Patricia Sabga is an economics and global affairs journalist based in New York. The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy. Content on this website is for general information purposes only. Your comments are provided by your own free will and you take sole responsibility for any direct or indirect liability. You hereby provide us with an irrevocable, unlimited, and global license for no consideration to use, reuse, delete or publish comments, in accordance with Community Rules & Guidelines  and  Terms ...

Celebrities On The Move In Women's March 2017

... Los Angeles City Hall, at right, during the Women's March. David Mc New, AFP/Getty Images. Alicia Keys, left, and Janelle Monae hug it up at the rally at the Women's March on Washington on Jan. 21, 2017. Kevin Mazur, Wire Image. America Ferrera speaks at the Women's March on Washington. Theo Wargo, Getty Images. CNN's Van Jones speaks onstage during the Women's March on Washington. Theo Wargo, Getty Images. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during the Women's March on Washington. Jose Luis Magana, AP. Scarlett Johansson speaks during the rally at the Women's March on Washington. Paul Morigi, Wire Image. Protesters make their way through the streets of London during the Women's March on Jan. 21, 2017, in England. The Women's March originated in Washington DC but soon spread to be a global march, calling on all concerned citizens to stand up for equality, diversity and inclusion and for women's rights to be recognized around the world as human rights. Global marches are now being held, on the same day, across seven continents. This image was created as an ...

Trump Offers No Comment On Women's March In Washington

... than ever," Menendez said. "We cannot tolerate living in a country where women have to work harder, longer and for less money just to get ahead.  We cannot stand quietly by while women are denied the American Dream and access to health care and education.". The original ERA was proposed by suffragette Alice Paul of Mount Laurel. Her contributions to women's rights were recognized last April by President Barack Obama when he designated the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. The monument consists of a house near the U. S. Capitol that has been the home to the National Woman's Party since 1929 and is named for Alva Belmont, a former party president and benefactor, and Paul, the party's founder and its chief strategist. After announcing the introduction of the ERA bill, Booker joined the march in Washington. "Something important has begun, and this new chorus is impossible to ignore. These voices - women and men, Republican and Democrat - reaffirm that President Trump is accountable to all the people and that ...

Cathartic Moment Or Enduring Movement

... groups. Margaret Huang, the executive director of Amnesty International USA, which is co-sponsoring the march, said the group's members were concerned about talk of a Muslim registry and Trump's "willingness to use policies to exclude particular communities.". "These sorts of rhetorical commitments that (Trump) made on the campaign trail cannot become policy," she said. Mother and daughter. Mother and daughter Deborah and Maeve Kelly of New Jersey decided to attend the march after being deeply frustrated by the results of the November election. They left the Alice Paul Institute in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, at 6 a.m. ET on Saturday, and their group plans to return to New Jersey later in the evening. Deborah Kelly, 61 of Chesterfield Township, New Jersey, said she was inspired to march after being stunned by the number of women who voted for Trump in November. "I didn't feel like women were voting in ...

Woman's March Attendee Hawks 'pink Crowns' As ‘pussyhat’ Alternative

... Alternative. By Allegra Kirkland Published January 21, 2017, 1:49 PM EDT. WASHINGTON—Pink knitted caps with ears were omnipresent Saturday at the Women's March on Washington, but not all attendees were fans of the so-called "pussyhats.". Fawn Jordan, a fashion designer who lives in the D. C. Metro area, said she wished the most visible symbol of the march didn’t have anything to do with President Donald Trump. As an alternative, she sewed a number of animal print and bejeweled “pink crowns” that she was selling to attendees. “My point is we’re all queens and we’re all the same,” Jordan told TPM. “There are a lot of younger women here and I think some of them think that this is just a cute hat,” she said of the “pussyhat.” “They don’t realize it came from an insult from Trump.”. For Jordan, the phrase had echoes of Trump’s assertion, ...

Crowds Jam Midtown For Nyc Women’s March

... season as well as after the election.”. The Manhattan demonstration was in solidarity with the larger Women’s March on Washington taking place simultaneously in the nation’s capital, which attracted more than 500,000 people. Marchers also rallied around the world — as close as Long Island and as far away as Paris and Tel Aviv. Among women, Democrat Clinton topped Republican Trump by 14 percentage points in the presidential election, according to exit polls crunched by the statistics blog Five Thirty Eight. But he did better than her among white women, winning 53 percent of their vote, according to a CNN analysis. Celebrity attendees at New York City’s event included actress Helen Mirren, actress and activist Cynthia Nixon and New York City first lady Chirlane Mc Cray. advertisement | advertise on newsday. “We made it together,” said her mom, Maria Slippen, 41, of Westchester. Slippen, who came with both her daughters and her husband, said: “This is going to be a long and hard fight. We are ...

Crowds Pack Boston Common For Boston Women's March

... vast that many could hear only the applause. Warren and other speakers who whipped up the crowd before the march conjured the core values of American democracy: respect for every human being, economic opportunity, and celebration of diversity. They called for raising the minimum wage, protecting unions, fighting climate change, shielding immigrant families from deportation, and making sure gay marriage is not undermined. Warren called on supporters to draw motivation from Trump’s inauguration Friday, a moment she said was burned in her mind. Some of the loudest cheers for Warren came as she vowed to protect immigrants from deportation. “We also believe that immigration makes us a stronger country,” she said. “We will not build a stupid wall and we will not tear millions of families apart.”. Speakers called on marchers to resist the new administration’s policies and to keep resisting long after the march ended, by running for office and lobbying their politicians. Attorney General Maura Healey of Massachusetts said she had a message for Trump. “The ...