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Women's March Protestors Fear Trump Will Worsen Economic Inequality

“I think all indications are that people are going to get poorer under the Trump administration.”
Source: Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

Aside from the large crowds at Saturday’s Women’s March in Washington D.C., perhaps the most memorable aspect of the event were they homemade signs carried by protestors. They contained a myriad of messages: slogans supporting well-known activist movements, jokes about the newly inaugurated President, and messages calling for unity and empowerment. But another subset of signage focused on concerns that President Trump, and those in his

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