Melissa Bender
@melissabender.bsky.social
Photographer | freelance photojournalist | MD/MPH
Tens of thousands marched from Bryant Park to Madison Square Park in NYC on April 5, 2025 to protest the administration of President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk.
(Photos by Melissa Bender/ NurPhoto)
#HandsOff #HandsOff2025 #trump
#doge #elonmusk #photojournalism
(Photos by Melissa Bender/ NurPhoto)
#HandsOff #HandsOff2025 #trump
#doge #elonmusk #photojournalism
April 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Tens of thousands marched from Bryant Park to Madison Square Park in NYC on April 5, 2025 to protest the administration of President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk.
(Photos by Melissa Bender/ NurPhoto)
#HandsOff #HandsOff2025 #trump
#doge #elonmusk #photojournalism
(Photos by Melissa Bender/ NurPhoto)
#HandsOff #HandsOff2025 #trump
#doge #elonmusk #photojournalism
“Hands Off! Our Public Postal Service!” National Day of Action in midtown Manhattan and simultaneously in cities across the nation. Protesters denounced the Trump/Musk/DOGE efforts to privatize the U.S. postal service.
Photos by me, 3/20/2025
@apwu.bsky.social @aflcio.org #usps #apwu
Photos by me, 3/20/2025
@apwu.bsky.social @aflcio.org #usps #apwu
March 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“Hands Off! Our Public Postal Service!” National Day of Action in midtown Manhattan and simultaneously in cities across the nation. Protesters denounced the Trump/Musk/DOGE efforts to privatize the U.S. postal service.
Photos by me, 3/20/2025
@apwu.bsky.social @aflcio.org #usps #apwu
Photos by me, 3/20/2025
@apwu.bsky.social @aflcio.org #usps #apwu
International Women’s Day March in NYC
People gather in Union Square Park, New York City for the International Women’s Day march on March 8, 2025. Demonstrations were held around the world in defense of women’s rights.
(Photo by Melissa Bender/ NurPhoto)
#IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD
People gather in Union Square Park, New York City for the International Women’s Day march on March 8, 2025. Demonstrations were held around the world in defense of women’s rights.
(Photo by Melissa Bender/ NurPhoto)
#IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD
March 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
International Women’s Day March in NYC
People gather in Union Square Park, New York City for the International Women’s Day march on March 8, 2025. Demonstrations were held around the world in defense of women’s rights.
(Photo by Melissa Bender/ NurPhoto)
#IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD
People gather in Union Square Park, New York City for the International Women’s Day march on March 8, 2025. Demonstrations were held around the world in defense of women’s rights.
(Photo by Melissa Bender/ NurPhoto)
#IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD
More images from the #TeslaTakedown protest outside the Manhattan Tesla showroom on 3/8/2025. A few hundred people denounced billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts and layoffs, with six arrests.
#doge #trump #tesla #musk
#doge #trump #tesla #musk
March 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
More images from the #TeslaTakedown protest outside the Manhattan Tesla showroom on 3/8/2025. A few hundred people denounced billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts and layoffs, with six arrests.
#doge #trump #tesla #musk
#doge #trump #tesla #musk
Several hundred demonstrated outside a Manhattan Tesla showroom on 3/8/2025. Some entered the dealership; six were arrested. Fierce opposition is growing toward to the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Musk.
#teslatakedown #doge #trump #tesla #elonmusk
#teslatakedown #doge #trump #tesla #elonmusk
March 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Several hundred demonstrated outside a Manhattan Tesla showroom on 3/8/2025. Some entered the dealership; six were arrested. Fierce opposition is growing toward to the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Musk.
#teslatakedown #doge #trump #tesla #elonmusk
#teslatakedown #doge #trump #tesla #elonmusk
Columbia University professor and Nobel laureate Martin Chalfie: “I strongly believe in DEI!”
Demonstrators gather in NYC and across the nation in the name of science.
March 7, 2025
#standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social
Demonstrators gather in NYC and across the nation in the name of science.
March 7, 2025
#standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Columbia University professor and Nobel laureate Martin Chalfie: “I strongly believe in DEI!”
Demonstrators gather in NYC and across the nation in the name of science.
March 7, 2025
#standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social
Demonstrators gather in NYC and across the nation in the name of science.
March 7, 2025
#standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Hundreds of scientists and supporters gather in Washington Square Park, NYC — and in over 30 cities nationwide — on March 7, 2025 to protest the Trump/Musk attack on science.
#standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social
#standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Hundreds of scientists and supporters gather in Washington Square Park, NYC — and in over 30 cities nationwide — on March 7, 2025 to protest the Trump/Musk attack on science.
#standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social
#standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social
Scenes from the President’s day anti-Trump-agenda protest on 17, 2025 in NYC. ThousandS marched from Union Sq to Washington Sq Park — and similar protests took place across the U.S. — as part of the “50501 movement,” an organized response to actions by the Trump administration.
February 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Scenes from the President’s day anti-Trump-agenda protest on 17, 2025 in NYC. ThousandS marched from Union Sq to Washington Sq Park — and similar protests took place across the U.S. — as part of the “50501 movement,” an organized response to actions by the Trump administration.
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November 11, 2024 at 3:32 PM
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