February 17, 2025—New York City

Union Square demonstration, New York City, February 17, 2025, woman with placard. Photo by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
Everyone is Welcome Here
Union Square demonstration, New York City, February 17, 2025, sign comparing Trump with Hitler. Photo by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
1933
Union Square demonstration, New York City, February 17, 2025, Child carrying a sign that reads Save Our Country. Photo by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
A Little Child Shall Lead Them
Union Square demonstration, New York City, February 17, 2025, sign changing "Elon" into "Felon. Photo by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
Call Them by Their Right Names
Union Square demonstration, New York City, February 17, 2025, people carrying placards. Photo by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
We the People
Union Square demonstration, New York City, February 17, 2025, placard reading "who sells their soul for the price of eggs?" Photo by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
Faustian Bargain
Union Square demonstration, New York City, February 17, 2025, sign riffing off Mary Poppins ("Super Callous Fragile Racist Sexist Not My POTUS"). Photo by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
A Nod to Mary Poppins
Union Square demonstration, New York City, February 17, 2025, woman's hand with red nail polish holding sign with red letters reading "I've seen smarter cabinets at IKEA.". Photo by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
Government on Fire
Union Square demonstration, New York City, February 17, 2025, man with a typed message tucked into his wool hat ("My Uncle did not air drop into Normandy on D-Day in service to a tyrant"). Photo by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
Not in Our Name
Union Square demonstration, New York City, February 17, 2025, sign reading "Silence is Compliance." Photo by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
Stand Up for Democracy
Union Square demonstration, New York City, February 17, 2025, people carrying signs who are marching down Broadway, filling the entire width of the street. Photo by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
Broadway
Union Square demonstration, New York City, February 17, 2025, elderly woman wrapped in a heavy, hooded parka, wearing a scarf, toting a green plastic bag and a large purse, holding a handwritten sign made from a small piece of cardboard; the sign reads "Freedom of Speech!" Photo by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
This Should Not Be Necessary