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...
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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,...
How to Confront the Affordability Crisis: Use the Ballot to Raise Wages
The US restaurant industry is on the cusp of historic change. After years of organizing and building power to raise wages and end subminimum tip-based wages, restaurant and service workers and “high road” restaurant owners in many states still work in an industry that...
Do This: Celebrate July 4th with Red Wine & Blue!
Happy Birthday, America! We hope you take some time to enjoy this Fourth of July holiday, however you choose to celebrate. We know that our democracy is worth fighting for so here’s an easy, patriotic action you can take today — tell your friends about Red Wine &...
Read This: Turning Point USA: The Alt-Right Radicalization of Young Men
Have you seen extremists on the far-right trying to connect with certain groups of voters? We’ve talked before about how they target young women; now, let’s look at how they target young men. One of the most insidious actors is Turning Point USA, an extreme-right...
Do This: Let’s Celebrate Pride!
We’ve spent some time learning about why we celebrate Pride, so now let’s kick off that celebration! Here at Red Wine & Blue, our work is centered around relational organizing – talking to friends and family about the issues we care about – so that’s our Easy A...
Watch This: Let’s Celebrate Pride!
It’s Pride Month, and now that we’ve read about the history and purpose of celebrating Pride, let’s watch this video to learn a little more. This short video about Pride Month has some really cool historical footage and pictures from Pride marches and the LGBTQ+...
Read This: Let’s Celebrate Pride!
Happy Pride! It’s June, which means it’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month, so we’re going to spend the next few weeks learning about Pride and celebrating together. Pride Month originated in 1969 with the Stonewall riots, when the New York City police raided a gay bar called the...
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Do This: Show Up for the Trans Community
This year alone, legislators have considered more than 900 bills in 49 states which target the rights of transgender people. These bills try to tell trans kids and adults which bathrooms to use, take away their healthcare, keep them from playing sports, and keep...
Watch This: Supporting the Transgender Community
Extremist politicians have been stepping up their efforts to demonize transgender people and take away their rights. Through new laws, lawsuits, and executive orders, they are denying the existence of trans people and trying to keep them from living full and happy...
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...