đ˘ Power to the People News: When Power Abuses, the People Respond
From ICE violence to climate chaos and voting rights, todayâs Power to the People News exposes abuse of powerâand how people fight back.
Power without accountability is dangerousâand right now, Americans are paying the price. From ICE shootings to voter suppression, from climate disasters to healthcare rollbacks, the same question keeps resurfacing: who is protected, and who is expendable?
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đ° Whatâs Happening Right Now
âď¸ For Trump, Justice Means Vengeance
In a New York Times editorial piece, writers argue that President Trumpâs second term has turned the justice system into an instrument of political revenge, using investigations, prosecutions, and institutional power to punish opponents rather than uphold impartial law. The piece warns that this retributive approach undermines democratic norms and public trust in the rule of law. âOn behalf of Americans who are now living without a functioning system of federal law and order, Congress should step up and end this self-interested destruction.â â The New York Times
Why This Matters: When justice becomes vengeance, institutions designed to protect rights can be warped into tools of political retaliation â a threat to civil liberties and democratic accountability.
đď¸ Trump plans to charge $1 billion for permanent seat on âBoard of Peaceâ
President Trump has unveiled a new international âBoard of Peaceâ designed to supervise post-conflict reconstruction and diplomatic efforts, particularly around Gaza, but it would require countries to pay $1 billion for a permanent seat while temporary membership costs nothing. The draft charter gives Trump significant control and has drawn skepticism from global leaders who question both its practicality and its relationship to existing multilateral institutions like the United Nations. â The Washington Post
Why This Matters: This proposal reeks of corruption â turning peace into a pay-to-play scheme that sidelines democratic norms and concentrates power in the hands of the wealthy and well-connected. By undermining legitimate multilateral institutions, it robs people power, stalls real progress, and replaces collective global cooperation with a system driven by money, influence, and personal control rather than justice or accountability.
𪜠She Fought for Indigenous Voices at the UN. Now Sheâs in a Russian Jail Cell.
Russian authorities have detained Selkup Indigenous leader Daria Egereva on charges of âterrorismâ that rights groups and Indigenous organizations say are fabricated and directly tied to her climate and human-rights advocacy, including her role as Co-Chair of the International Indigenous Peoplesâ Forum on Climate Change at COP30. Indigenous rights defenders report that her home was raided, devices seized, and that the arrest is part of a broader crackdown on Indigenous activists across Russia. â Mother Jones
Why This Matters: This detention highlights the increasing risks faced by Indigenous and climate advocates worldwide when engaging with international forums like the United Nations, and underscores how governments may misuse anti-terror laws to silence dissent and undermine human-rights protections.
đĄď¸ 11-year streak of record global warming continues, UN weather agency warns
The World Meteorological Organization reports that the past 11 years have been the warmest on record globally, with 2025 again ranking among the highest, and ocean heat continuing to rise â underscoring a persistent, long-term warming trend. â United Nations News
Why This Matters: This ongoing streak of record heat reflects the accumulating effects of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions and signals intensifying climate impacts â from extreme heatwaves to stronger storms and rising seas â reinforcing that the climate crisis is advancing rapidly.
What You Can Do Today:
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For nearly 250 years, democracy has been the lifeblood of this nationânot handed down by kings or bought by billionaires, but built and sustained by everyday people. It lives in our families and neighborhoods, in classrooms and clinics, on job sites and in voting lines. Itâs the teacher guiding the next generation, the nurse caring for their community, the worker keeping society moving, and the voter who refuses to be silenced.
Power has always belonged to the people. Thatâs why protecting democracy is not optionalâitâs our shared responsibility. When we defend it, we defend one another, our freedoms, and the future we are shaping for generations yet to come.
What We Do Next
Protecting democracy requires more than awarenessâit demands action. This is the moment to move from concern to commitment, and from outrage to organization.
We defend voting rights by registering voters, fighting voter suppression, challenging discriminatory laws, and ensuring every eligible voter can cast a ballot that is counted.
We fight gerrymandering by supporting fair maps, independent redistricting commissions, and legal challenges that stop politicians from rigging elections to protect their own power.
We demand economic fairness because democracy cannot thrive when people are buried under debt, priced out of housing, or forced to choose survival over participation. Economic justice strengthens civic power.
We protect access to healthcare by pushing leaders to expand coverage, lower costs, and stop treating health care as a political bargaining chip instead of a human right.
We hold leaders accountableâat every levelâby calling, organizing, voting, and refusing to let abuses of power go unanswered.
Power has always belonged to the people. Protecting democracy isnât optionalâitâs our shared responsibility.
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