Community activists, residents and political leaders gathered at Macomb Community College South Campus in Warren Saturday morning to discuss how they can help each other and how voters can be better engaged — particularly in municipal and school board elections. The...
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Watch This: Anti-Trans Bills Are Harming LGBTQ+ Kids
Last week, we started talking about right-wing extremist attacks on LGBTQ+ kids, so this week, we’re taking it one step further to dig into gender affirming care–what exactly is it and why it is so important. It’s actually very simple. Gender affirming care helps kids...
Read This: Anti-Trans Bills Are Harming LGBTQ+ Kids
Reproductive freedom has been making headlines a lot this year, but did you know that the same groups that fought to get Roe overturned are also the ones behind all the anti-trans legislation exploding across the country? This year alone, 586 anti-trans bills have...
Ohio abortion vote excites liberals, but it may not predict 2024 Democratic wins
"Suburban women don't like extremism," said Katie Paris, founder of Red Wine & Blue, an organization focused on mobilizing suburban women. "Suburban women have been very angry about the overturn of Roe, and we're seeing in state after state and now even county...
VP Harris helps ‘Sisters United’ clap back during virtual rally
Vice President Kamala Harris recently addressed more than 3,000 women in a “Sisters United: Taking Back Our Rights” online rally, an effort to bolster politicians they believe will push back against predominantly Republican legislation that they say curtails women’s...
November school board races heating up
As a result of what Paris calls politicization of school board races and a distraction away from the real issues, RWB has ramped up its online, text and in-person campaign efforts to inform voters about all candidates. This includes green and red checks by candidate...
Legislation expanding gun restrictions for domestic abusers clears Michigan House
Kelly Dillaha, Michigan director of the women’s advocacy organization Red, Wine & Blue, called passage of the bills a “huge victory” for survivors of domestic violence. “As a child, I lived through the traumatic experience of domestic violence with a gun,” she...
We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming: Time to Vote! Election Day Is Tuesday, Nov. 7th
Wow, this year is flying by – Election Day is just a few days away! Are you ready to be the difference between winning and losing an election? Yes, you really do have that power! From school boards to mayoral races to state legislatures, local and state races are...
Misinformation is flowing ahead of Ohio abortion vote. Some is coming from a legislative website
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The inflammatory language targeting a reproductive rights measure on Ohio’s fall ballot is the type of messaging that is common in the closing weeks of a highly contested initiative campaign — warning of “abortion on demand” or “dismemberment of...
Take It One Step Further: Tell Your Friends About School Board Extremism
OK, we’ve been talking a lot about school board extremism these last few weeks. We know that reasonable common sense parents like us are the majority, and extremists are a very loud, but very tiny group of people. We know they’ve been working hard to take over our...
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Do This: Share These News Literacy Tips
National News Literacy Week may be over, but we have one more action to take to make it a success! An important part of News Literacy Week is sharing its tips and resources with others. Earn your Easy A this week by sharing our 5 Steps to Evaluate News Sources video...
Watch This: 5 Easy Ways to Check a News Source
It’s National News Literacy Week! Led by the News Literacy Project, this week highlights the need to restore trust in news journalism, improve media literacy, and keep us all grounded in facts. News Literacy Week’s website provides tools and resources for parents,...
Read This: Get Ready For National News Literacy Week
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says: “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Having independent journalists reporting facts and holding people and institutions accountable is a hallmark of our democracy. That’s...
Do This: Name your 2026 Priority
The Heritage Foundation is the extremist architect of Project 2025, and they’ve made their priorities known for 2026. They’ve given us a glimpse at what harmful policies they want the Trump administration to enact this year, so now it’s time to set your priorities,...
Watch This: What You Can Do About Project 2026
About half of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 has been implemented. It can be easy to feel overwhelmed when you see all the ways it’s harming Americans, especially when you see it all in one place (which you can do in our Project 2025 Tracker). And now that...