Taking it to the streets.

• Author: Davis, Joeff
• Position: ON THE LINE - Brief article

Half a million people turned out for the Women's March on Washington, D.C., jamming the mall and closing the streets between the White House and the Capitol, the day after Donald Trump's Inauguration. It was part of the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, and dwarfed the crowd that turned out along the same Inaugural parade route the day before

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March organizers Carmen Perez (left) and Linda Sarsour greeted the enormous crowd. "I will respect the presidency but I will not respect this President," said Sarsour. Actress and activist America Ferrera denounced Trump's "platform of hate." "But the President is not America," she said. "We are America."

"I want to thank you so much for your courage. Thank you so much for your womanliness, thank you so much for your strength," said singer and activist Alicia Keyes. "We want the...