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  The Week Ahead March 30, 2025 Joyce Vance Mar 31 Even though it’s almost a week out, it’s time to think ahead to   April 5 , a national day of protest, and what that could mean. So far, fiery town halls, some with empty seats for absent Republican representatives, have been building momentum and visibility to propel us into a moment of outrage. The motto for the day is “Hands Off.” Hands off our Medicaid, our libraries, our Social Security, our freedom of the press, our jobs. Our liberty. Free and fair elections are the most important marker for democracy Engaged citizens are the line that separates democracies that survive challenges from those that succumb to autocracy. We need look no further back than South Korea, where an elected official   scaled a wall   and others broke through police lines to get back into parliament to vote against martial law while outraged people gathered on the streets in protest. Democracies survive because enough people get involved ...