State Issues

Your Governor and state legislators have the power here, engage with them to make a difference.

An artistic rendering of a Black woman emerging from the pages of a book, with the pages draped over her like a luxurious dress

Let Freadom Ring

Representation matters, and when we ban books that speak to who we are as people and the diversity among us, we silence entire communities and their allies.

Black and white photo of people protesting police brutality on foot and on bicycles in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Wisconsin, You're Up!

For Wisconsinites, abortion is yet again on the ballot in one of the most critical elections in the state’s history and the most important American election of 2023.

Illustration of shadowed windows with school children with their backs turned.

Dark Days in The Sunshine State

An average of 22.7% of Florida children go hungry every single day. In the land of plenty, the fact that any child goes hungry is despicable.

A cartoon showing a hand erasing the Confederate battle flag with a pencil eraser.

Tell Tennessee Officials Not to Whitewash Education

BIPOC students are aware that the real story is more complicated than, “there used to be racism, but the Civil War and the Civil Rights Act solved it.” Their education will now be required by law to ignore a key part of their experience.

An artistic depiction of a protest in Thailand

A Riot is the Language of the Unheard

It is time to stop killing people of color. It is time to do away with legislation that causes yet more suffering for communities of color.

The Vote

We have the opportunity to make voting in this country a more just exercise. Let us seize the moment.

Photos of people affected by incarceration posted on a fence.

When Will Their Sentences End?

If incarceration is part of paying a debt to society, for America’s 6.1 million people with felony convictions, disenfranchisement can mean that the debt is never fully paid.

The Times They Are A Changin'

Come gather ‘round people, wherever you roam, and admit that the waters, around you have grown — Bob Dylan (1964)

Beauty [and the Beast of Uncertainty]

My stylist and your barber need to keep their lights on and roofs over their head just like you and me.

The Whole World Is Watching

Dissent is the lifeblood of democracy and ours is bleeding out.

The Expan[sion]

A large and growing body of evidence shows that Medicaid expansion has produced large gains in health coverage and improved beneficiaries’ physical and financial health.

How The Other Half Serves

Jeffrey Epstein’s Prison Sentence Was A Four-Star Experience

Saying Thank You

It has been 46 years since Justice Blackmun wrote for the majority of Supreme Court justices in Roe v. Wade

Every Drop Counts

House Bill 1266 will restore the right to vote to almost 9,000 Coloradans.

ID, please

House Bill 211 and House Bill 522 will make voting easier for Georgians

Life Is A Highway

There have been 67 bills introduced in 25 states related to automatic voter registration

Cutting Voters Off at the Pass

The Townsend Acts will keep Arizonans from the polls

Rotten Apples

South Carolina’s HB 3759 is a poison pill

Indiana Solar

Indiana is considering two bills to bring solar to the Hoosier state

Maryland Considers Permanent Absentee Ballots

SB 333 & HB 119 would allow Marylanders to vote absentee without having to re-register

Disenfranchising Arizona

The Arizona Senate wants to make voting harder… much harder

We Hear You, Virginia

And Governor Northam will, too

“Thoughts and Prayers” Ain’t Kevlar

A roundup of gun legislation around the country and how you can take action now

Unequal Protection Under the Law

Florida’s anti-discrimination policy discriminates against LGBTQ Floridians

Last Stand of the Republic: A Direct Appeal to Governor Snyder

Last Stand of the Republic

When Gerrymandering Isn’t Enough

Voter fraud in North Carolina may result in new general election

While visions of hanging chads dance in our heads, Florida is once again the focus of national…

Florida Recount Battle Mounts

Florida adds 1.4M voters to the rolls

Florida restores voting rights to 1.4 million

Ballot Measures: Florida

Early voting in Florida runs October 22 through November 2

A Ray of Sunshine

Michigan gives us hope

Ballot Measures: South Dakota

Absentee in person voting in South Dakota runs from September 21 to November 6

Ballot Measures: Montana

Vote Absentee-In-Person from October 7 to November 5

Ballot Measures: North Carolina

North Carolina’s early voting period runs from October 17 to November 3

Ballot Measures: North Dakota

Early voting in North Dakota runs October 22 through November 5

Ballot Measures: Michigan

Michigan has no early voting so November 6 is make-or-break for these issues

Ballot Measures: Arkansas

Early voting in Arkansas runs from October 22 to November 5

Ballot Measures: Nevada

Nevada Early Voting runs from October 20 to November 2

Ballot Measures: Maryland

Early voting in Maryland runs from October 25 through November 1

Ballot Measures: Massachusetts

Early voting in Massachusetts runs from October 22 through November 2

Ballot Measures: Colorado

Colorado votes by mail; get your ballots in ASAP!

Ballot Measures: Missouri

Missouri doesn’t have early voting so November 6th is make-or-break for ballot measures

Ballot Measures: Louisiana

Early voting ends in Louisiana on October 30th

Ballot Measures: Utah

Early voting in Utah runs from October 23 to November 2

Victory Toot Toot

A little celebration is in order in California

California’s Fight For Net Neutrality

Jerry Brown has six days to protect California’s most iconic industry

Words Have Meaning

Senator Susan Collins is looking for an excuse to stab her constituents in the back

Activism by the Numbers: Arizona Teachers Strike Edition

Here’s what happened on Resistbot during the Arizona teacher’s strike

Gerrymandering 101

How to subvert American Democracy for fun and profit

Vote!

Virginia and New Jersey top the list but there are a lot of elections on November 7, 2017.

Puerto Rico Is Drowning

It’s been six days without power in Puerto Rico and it's only getting worse

Are They Listening

Deborah Chrystal in the Washington Daily News

We need leadership that can show hope and compassion

Elizabeth Sipple in the Kenosha News

Don’t cave in to voter integrity panel

Brian Fuhler in the Star Telegram

Time for leaders to lead

Lauren Patton in the Citizen-Times

Pardoning Joe Arpaio

Sheriff Arpaio created a police state in Arizona; a pardon would legitimize that

Charlottesville

For politics is not like the nursery; in politics obedience and support are the same.

What part of “no” don’t you understand?

Pat Owen in the Galveston News

It’s time to hold a town hall, Sen. Kennedy

Allison Luzader in the Times-Picayune

Following the DeVos Plan

Margaret Button in the Dallas Morning News

Drop charges against Pride protesters

Rosalyn DeMattia in the Columbus Dispatch

Incarceration doesn’t cure addiction

Carol Dunlap in the Richmond Times Dispatch

Thanks, Sen. Murkowski

Danielle O’Connor in the Daily News-Miner

Medicaid helps many, many Louisianans

Benjamin Dorsey in the Lafayette Advertiser

Working Families Flexibility Act Bad For Workers

Barbara Magella in the Columbus Dispatch