Before I was blessed with my 2 children I went through 5 miscarriages and a stillbirth at 6 months. After having an ultrasound it was discovered that there was no heartbeat. I was induced and gave birth to a boy we named Owen. In many states I would have to carry the...
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Nikia’s Story
In 1984, I was a 31 year old single parent. I'd been separated from my abusive drug dealer husband for a year. Imet a guy who lived behind me. He was funny and attentive and "sad" because he was recently separated. We "bonded" over our losses and one thing led to...
Red Wine & Blue on Good Morning America
Look who was featured on Good Morning America. Are you ready to be a #Troublemaker with us?
As candidates start filing for the CMS board, an intense campaign season is underway
On the left there’s Red Wine & Blue, a national group created to mobilize suburban women against what one organizer calls right-wing scare tactics. Janice Robinson, the state director, works with members in Mecklenburg and Union counties. "It’s like the latest...
Focus on the economy, not ‘critical race theory’ or sex ed: Inside Democrats’ plan to win back parents
The fights in school board meetings last summer were driven by a loud minority that’s since been balanced by more “mainstream voices” focused on issues like teacher shortages and stricter gun laws in the wake of recent mass shootings, said Katie Paris, a parent and...
Barbara A’s Story
After hearing about the ten-year-old girl being raped and impregnated, I feel I must speak out. I was raped by a family member from the age of 5 to 9 years old. It was repeated rapes and there was no way for me to escape this person. Luckily, I was not menstruating...
Marcia A’s Story
I was in my 20s, had a 6-month-old baby, and was married to an alcoholic womanizer who was abusive. The doctor was trying to find a birth control pill that worked for me. I was trying to find a way out of the marriage for me and my daughter. Forced sex is one of...
Heather B’s Story
We went to extreme lengths to have our daughter…several surgeries, 4 cycles of IVF, and over $50,000. Last year we transferred our last two embryos and were thrilled to be pregnant! Unfortunately, I began to miscarry. The bleeding began to get heavier, and though my...
Helen’s Story
It was the summer I turned 20. I was on a scholarship to college and about to start my junior year. I started feeling queasy all the time and noticed my breasts getting swollen and tender so I went to the doctor and yup, pregnant. I was in no way, shape or form ready...
Ballot initiative to address abortion rights in Michigan surpasses signature requirement, group says
The group needs 425,000 signatures by Monday to get on the November ballot. Kelly Dillaha, the program director of Michigan’s Red Wine and Blue, said they have collected nearly twice that amount. They are now going through the validation process. Dillaha said...
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Read This: The Growing Movement to Ban Books
There is a growing movement to ban books. Book bans have very real, harmful consequences for children. All this harm is being caused by a loud but small group of people. The majority of us — more than 80% — don’t want book bans, so we also have to be loud and push back.
From Oprah livestream to house parties, Black women marshal unprecedented outreach for Kamala Harris
CNN — Waves of emotion washed over DeJuana Thompson as she stood in the convention hall in Chicago last month watching Vice President Kamala Harris become the first Black woman nominated for the presidency by a major political party. Battleground North Carolina In...
Do This: Preventing Gun Violence
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been discussing gun violence in America. And in just that short period of time, our country has been rocked by another mass shooting at a high school and a second alleged assassination attempt on a former president. It is clear that gun...
Watch This: Preventing Gun Violence
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...
The People for Kamala Harris How a women-led movement, born in the devastation of 2016, put Democrats on the brink of making history.
On night one in Chicago, there was some tittering about the choice to snuggle Ocasio-Cortez’s speech in so close to Hillary Clinton’s. According to the conventional wisdom, Clinton is a depressing reminder of loss, a candidate so bad that she could not beat the worst...