BLACK
BIRTHS
MATTER
Zo Carpenter
How racism
puts black
mothers and their
infants at risk
Dani McClain
The fight
for a healthy
black baby
THE WEEK HARRY BELAFONTE HOSTED THE TONIGHT SHOW
JOAN WALSH
MARCH 6, 2017 THENATION
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The Illegitimate President
I very much enjoyed John Nicholsˉs
Feb. 6/13 article °Trump Has No
Mandate.± As is the case with most
bullies, Donald Trump is a coward
inside. The only way to deal with
a bully is to face him down. I have
admiration for everyone who has
marched or written or spoken against
him in the three weeks since the dark
day of January 20. He will continue
to provoke, and we all must keep fac-
ing him squarely and saying °No!±
It is our country, not his personal
property, and we decide how to make
it the best for all its people.
Wendy Weidman
gig harbor, wash.
Apropos °Trump Has No Mandate±:
Neither Hitler, Mussolini, nor the
Bolsheviks before them had man-
dates either, but they had enough
influence to take power and make the
worst of it, as Trump and his allies
have been doing and will continue to
do if theyˉre left alone to act. I trust
readers of this magazine will figure
out what to do, and then do it. Noth-
ing less will suffice. John Raby
new london, n.h.
Immigrants must pass a test to be-
come United States citizens, as proof
that they understand how our gov-
ernment works. I propose that in the
future every presidential candidate
must pass that same test. Nip it in
the bud. Tony Galati
lemont, ill.
Life, Death, and the ACA
In the buildup to the passing of the
Affordable Care Act, the Tea Party
and Republicans very successfully,
though falsely, used the notion of
mine the program [°Revolt and Re-
build,± Feb. 6/13]. Now that Trump
and the Republicans are meeting to
repeal the ACA (with all its flaws) and
leave many people in the lurch, the
actual
death panels are operational.
Richard Levy
brookline, mass.
Resistance Primer
I recently finished reading Fran-
ces Fox Pivenˉs
Challenging Authority:
How Ordinary People Change Amer-
ica
. All the while, I wondered what
she would have to say about how
to react to Trumpism. Having read
her piece °The Prospects for Resis-
tance± [Feb. 6/13], now I know. She
is not only a brilliant sociologist but
a practical one.
Now I would like to ask her for
suggestions for °effective, nonviolent
resistance actions,± although I have
a few of my own in mind. I havenˉt
risked jail time since the 1960s; I think
itˉs time for me to remember my roots.
Peter Freitag
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