About 1,000 people lined the edges of Watson Park and spilled throughout the surrounding sidewalks of downtown Lawrence on Saturday to protest what they argue is an overreach of power by the Trump administration.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence residents can join the national wave of No Kings protesters throughout Kansas with a local demonstration this weekend.
August Rudisell / Lawrence Times
As 85-year-old Joe Douglas stood near Watson Park belting out a civil rights-era Pete Seeger song during Thursday’s “Good Trouble Lives On” protest, he reflected on a time of upheaval that he said was strikingly similar to today’s political landscape.
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Dozens of community members gathered for an Independence Day protest Friday in downtown Lawrence, holding signs with messages including “Stand for democracy,” “Are we great yet?” “Resist” and “Save our Constitution.”
Thousands of Kansans rallied Saturday at the Statehouse in Topeka as part of a nationwide backlash to President Donald Trump, hoisting signs, joining in pro-democracy chants and speaking out against immigration raids.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Hundreds of No Kings protesters gathered in Watson Park Saturday to join a nationwide wave of demonstrations to “reject authoritarianism — and show the world what democracy really looks like,” according to organizers.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence residents can travel on their own or take a bus ride to the Kansas capitol as part of nationwide “No Kings” protests on Saturday.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Months into weekly Sunday protests in downtown Lawrence, local activists are standing strong against the ways they say the Trump administration is undercutting democracy in America.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Hundreds of people flocked to Massachusetts Street Thursday with signs and chants to protest recent actions by President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Hundreds of Lawrence community members gathered at Ninth and Massachusetts Saturday as part of a nationwide movement directing Trump and Musk to take their “hands off” many facets of Americans’ lives.
