As the political map continues to shift ahead of November’s midterm elections, the latest Fox News poll, released last week, shows the Republicans and Democrats tied with 41 percent support on a generic Congressional ballot. In May, the same poll found Republicans...
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How to protect schools from right-wing extremists
Reader Commentary in the Balitmore Sun. My thanks to Dhruvak Mirani for his clear and extensive commentary on the current right-wing attacks on public education (“Don’t get distracted by Dan Cox; Maryland boards of education are under threat from right-wing...
As the school year begins, calls for book bans begin to accelerate in Ohio
“What the parents of the school district really want and are focused on are very different things than what we're seeing is coming in from the outside,” activist Katie Paris said. Paris is the founder of Red Wine and Blue, an advocacy group that encourages suburban...
Republicans Better Watch Out for the Suburbs in Abortion Battle
“What happened in Kansas Tuesday night wasn't a shock wave; it was just the first wave. For all who wondered what the overturn of Roe v. Wade might mean for the midterms, take note: The suburban woman backlash has started.” Read Katie's op-ed on Newsweek.
Red Wine & Blue on Good Morning America
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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...
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...
Ohio Democrats see abortion restrictions as an opening against DeWine
CLEVELAND — When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month, Ohio’s previously unconstitutional “heartbeat bill” that effectively bans most abortions snapped into place. For Republicans, including Gov. Mike DeWine, an abortion-rights foe who signed the bill...
Democrats hope Roe v. Wade ruling is game-changer for suburban women
Katie Paris says it best: "We don’t like extremism,” said Katie Paris, an organizer who founded Red Wine & Blue, a group working to mobilize suburban women in battleground states like Ohio, Michigan and North Carolina. “We’re seeing it in deeply personal, local...
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Read This: What Happens to Project 2025 in 2026?
By now, you’re probably familiar with Project 2025, the extreme-right plan created for Donald Trump by the Heritage Foundation to enact their white Christian Nationalist agenda in all areas of the federal government. We’ve written about it in Easy A before, and we’ve...
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Watch This: How RWB Women Found Joy in 2025
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Read This: Dear 2026
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