Independent bookstores across the country are becoming hubs of the left's resistance to President Donald Trump, organizing social justice readings and action groups, hosting "pussyhat" knitting events, and donating their proceeds to the ACLU.
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Independent bookstores are becoming centers of political resistance
Independent bookstores across the country are becoming hubs of the left's resistance to Trump.
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Politics & Prose, an independent bookstore in Washington, DC, frequented by President Barack Obama, has created a
Political fiction and non-fiction alike, including classics like George Orwell's "1984" and John Steinbeck’s "The Winter of Our Discontent," and new works, like J.D. Vance’s "Hillbilly Elegy," have become best-sellers since the election.
Indie bookstores in the United States have rebounded substantially since the financial crisis, increasing in number by 27 percent between 2009 and 2015.
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