Two Stories About Health Care Repeal

Ankur Asthana
Jul 28, 2017 · 6 min read

Last week D.C. police arrested me and 175 friends for a nonviolent protest in the Senate. We had occupied Senate hallways as a last resort to stop the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, joining waves of other activists before us.

That afternoon, as I waited in the large, sweaty police barn, bound in my zip-cuffs, I had a lot of time to think about whether it had mattered. Getting arrested required…

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Ankur Asthana

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Writer/Drawer(ish) | Senior Strategist in digital organizing at M+R | Midwest-raised, NYC-based

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