in the face of

On Monday, the court made moves against two states, New York and New Jersey, that have attempted to protect access to reproductive health care in the face of relentless assault from anti-abortion forces.

In the face of constant negative prognostications and outright attacks by pundits and politicos of all stripes, how is it that California, like Sisyphus, keeps pushing such a giant boulder up an ever-growing mountain?

It’s nearly impossible to remain stoic and jaded in the face of someone who is dancing like no one’s watching.

While Flanagan understands humanity’s penchant for complacency in the face of chaos, his script does little to elucidate the reasons people turn a blind eye to their fellow humans’ suffering, much less pose any solutions.

Like a lot of Californians, I feel helpless in the face of this assault on immigrants.