According to research by Everytown For Gun Safety, 59% of adults in America have personally experienced gun violence, or know someone who has. Gun violence includes mass shootings, homicides, assaults, suicides and suicide attempts, domestic violence, unintentional...
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Read This: Preventing Gun Violence
Our hearts are breaking with the families of Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia today as they grieve in the aftermath of a tragic mass shooting. Every day, more than 120 Americans are killed with guns and more than 200 are shot and wounded.1 Yesterday, at least...
Do This: Momonomics
It’s no surprise to us that, according to a July 2024 KFF survey, half of women voters “worry a lot” about being able to afford food and groceries. That means many women you know have this issue on their mind — and it’s likely to be a factor when they decide who they...
Watch This: Momonomics
In the past few weeks, Senator Elizabeth Warren joined us to discuss the economic threat of Project 2025, and financial advisor Shereen Boyer joined us for an “Ask Me Anything” event about the economy. More than 12,000 of you showed up for these two events! Wow. We...
Read This: Momonomics
We hear it from our community members all the time. Whether it’s an election year or not, the economy is top of mind for suburban women. Of course it is! In many households, it’s the women who are making the day-to-day financial decisions. We’re doing the weekly...
Do This: PragerU: Coming To A School Near You
Now that you know about the extreme-right ideology being taught in public schools using PragerU materials, you're probably wondering what you can do to stop it. Whether you’re in one of the four states that approved PragerU (Florida, Montana, New Hampshire, and...
Watch This: PragerU: Coming To A School Near You
Last week, we shared some examples of PragerU videos that are being shown to children in public school classrooms in the U.S. They may have seemed too extreme to believe, so this week, we want you to see for yourself! Watch this video where Jo from Red Wine and Blue...
Read This: PragerU: Coming To A School Near You
Picture this: a classroom full of third graders settles down to watch a colorful, animated video together. A cartoon Frederick Douglass — the abolitionist, writer, and orator who escaped slavery — confidently explains that while he isn’t “okay with slavery, … the...
Do This: Turning Point USA: The Alt-Right Radicalization of Young Men
Now that we know how dangerous the far-right extremist group Turning Point USA and its founder Charlie Kirk are, it’s time to do something about it. Turning Point USA specifically recruits high school and college-aged people, so we need to be talking to them! In our...
Watch This: Turning Point USA: The Alt-Right Radicalization of Young Men
We don’t know about you, but we’ve returned from our Fourth of July holiday more committed than ever to protecting our democracy against extremism. So let’s get back to learning about Turning Point USA! We recently read how Turning Point USA’s founder, Charlie Kirk,...
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Okay, But Why Are They Defunding the Weather Service?
If you’re like many Americans, one of the first things you do every morning is check the weather. And we definitely pay attention when there’s extreme weather – like hurricanes, blizzards, and tornadoes – on the horizon, putting our lives and property in jeopardy. Whether you get it from your phone, the morning news, or a Google search, that information all comes from the same place: the Weather Service, a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). So why is the Trump administration getting rid of it?
Okay, But Why Do We Need Community More Than Ever?
Right now, many of us are feeling a ton of stress and anxiety. Add that to the rise in loneliness in our country, and it creates a toxic soup that isn’t just bad for our mood, it’s bad for our physical health too. The good news is, community connection can help with both of these problems! In these chaotic and stressful times, community is more important than ever. It isn’t just good for our hearts and minds, it’s good for democracy.
Read This: Supporting the Transgender Community
June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and advocate for their rights.* This year, supporting the transgender community and advocating for their rights is especially urgent. That’s because the Trump administration has launched a series of...
Do This: Empower Your Friends to Help Protect our Reproductive Rights
We’ve spent the last two weeks learning about the ongoing threats to our reproductive freedom. These threats are particularly dangerous because extremists are intentionally trying to keep them under the radar. We’re not gonna let that happen! We’ve just added a great...
Watch This: The New Attacks on our Reproductive Rights
Last week, we learned about the new ways that extremists are coming for our reproductive rights. We know that they have a plan to take away the abortion pill everywhere, even in states where abortion is legal. We also know that they’re testing a variety of state and...