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On a weekly basis, the List tracks specific news stories representing eroding norms under the current regime. Taken together, they reveal a nation pushed towards authoritarianism, the wielding of unchecked governmental authority by one person or group at the expense of the freedom of those who oppose them.
Amy Siskind is a national spokesperson, writer and expert on helping women and girls advance and succeed. A former Wall Street executive, she’s President and Co-founder of The New Agenda, a national organization working on issues including economic independence and advancement, gender representation and bias, and campus sexual assault.
Week 206. This week, with Election Day nearing, the coronavirus raged out of control, with a record number of new daily cases on Thursday, and then again Friday, topping 83,000. Hospitalizations also soared in many states, and the death toll started to rise.
Who is Amy Siskind? After leaving Wall Street, Amy helped co-found The New Agenda, a national women’s advocacy organization, in 2008. As the President of The New Agenda, Amy continues to work toward equitable gender representation, fair pay, and women’s networking, while fighting against sexual assault and gender bias.
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Copyright Amy Siskind, November 11, 2017 Danica Roem, who ran for house of delegates against GOP incumbent Robert Marshall, is greeted by supporters as she prepares to give her victory speech on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, in Manassas, VA.
by Amy Siskind On January 20, 2021 we were finally able to exhale, believing our near brush with authoritarianism was behind us, and that with President Joe Biden taking office our country and political system would return to normalcy.
Copyright Amy Siskind, June 2, 2018 A sign hangs from the headquarters of iconic American motorcycle builder Harley-Davidson on June 1, 2018 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The European Union said it plans to increase duties on a range of U.S. imports, including Harley-Davidson motorcycles, in retaliation for the Trump administration’s new tariffs ...
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Copyright Amy Siskind, January 20, 2021 Violent protesters, loyal to Trump, storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. It was a stunning day as a number of lawmakers and then the mob of protesters tried to overturn America’s presidential election, undercut the nation’s democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing ...