Thousands Take To The Streets Around The Country To Press For Support For Science
In addition to a major demonstration in Washington, D.C., thousands of marchers turned out in Los Angeles and other California cities.
The New York Times:
Scientists, Feeling Under Siege, March Against Trump Policies
Thousands of scientists and their supporters, feeling increasingly threatened by the policies of President Trump, gathered Saturday in Washington under rainy skies for what they called the March for Science, abandoning a tradition of keeping the sciences out of politics and calling on the public to stand up for scientific enterprise. (St. Fleur, 4/22)
Los Angeles Times:
'We Need To Be Out Here': Thousands March In Downtown L.A. To Support Science In The Trump Era
Dressed in long sleeves and a sensible safari hat, Dr. Diane Brown carried a sign that read, “My patients need science because lupus is not cured, juvenile arthritis is not cured … CANCER is not cured!” Brown, a rheumatologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, said she hadn’t attended any marches since President Trump took office at the beginning of the year. But on Saturday afternoon she joined thousands of others in downtown Los Angeles for the March for Science Los Angeles. The 52-year-old doctor said her sign had a special significance for her. Two of her patients were diagnosed with cancer last week. One was 8 years old. The other was just 4. (Netburn and Panzar, 4/22)
San Francisco Chronicle:
Protesters Take To The Streets In SF March For Science
A heaving mass of humanity stretching from the Ferry Building to City Hall waved signs, chanted, sang and danced Saturday in a giant, celebratory March for Science, one of hundreds held around the globe to commemorate Earth Day. The roiling crowd, tens of thousands strong, blocked San Francisco’s main thoroughfare for at least two hours as families, children, immigrants and lab-coat-wearing protesters enthusiastically demonstrated their enthusiasm for science. (Fimrite, 4/23)
San Diego Union Tribune:
Fearing Trump Policies, 15,000 In San Diego Join Science Marches Across The Globe
As many as 15,000 scientists and their supporters, increasingly disillusioned with President Donald Trump’s posture on climate-change policy and proposed cuts to federal research agencies, gathered on Saturday in downtown San Diego as part of international day to champion science in government decision making. (Emerson Smith, 4/22)