No Kings Rally Is More than a Protest, It’s a Promise

AFGE urges federal workers to join October 18 No Kings Day protests

WASHINGTON—The Government Employees (AFGE), whose members are prime victims of President Donald Trump’s shutdown, furloughs, and looming firings, are striking back: They’re asking members and supporters to join the next round of No Kings Day protests, scheduled for October 18. Since AFGE members are scattered all over the U.S.—85% live outside the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia area—and in Europe, too, they’ll have a lot of No Kings even…

No Kings Rally is more than a protest, it’s a promise

On Oct. 18, thousands of Mainers will join millions of Americans for the No KingsRally — a peaceful, nationwide stand for democracy. In America, we don’t do kings. This rally is to reject authoritarianism in all its forms: the glorification of unchecked power, the erosion of voting rights, the use of force against peaceful protest […]

Small-town activism: 'No Kings' rally planned for Mount Airy

Just six weeks after a pair of dueling rallies in downtown Mount Airy, a second anti-administration rally is scheduled for downtown Mount Airy on Oct. 18, continuing a wave of political demonstrations unusual for the typically quiet town.