<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Protest and Prehistory
Women's strike, school funding, paleo plaque, and more.
What We’re Following
‘A Day Without a Woman’: That’s what women across America aimed to create by staying home from work today. The strike, organized by the Women’s March on Washington, was intended to demonstrate how much women contribute to the U.S. economy. After weeks of frequent demonstrations, the scene on the ground might seem familiar—yet as one historian notes, a general strike like this one represents a new model of protest. And that may be an example of how Trump’s presidency—stirring civic engagement from his opponents as well as his supporters—could be revitalizing American democracy.
Public schools in Kansas just won a major victory: The state’s Supreme Court has , citing serious.
