We are less than three weeks away from Election Day, and early voting has started in many places. It’s time to get out the vote! No matter where you live, extremists are on the ballot, from the Presidential race to state houses to judicial races to school boards. It’s...
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Do This: The Growing Movement to Ban Books
We know that book bans are on the rise at a shocking pace, and we know how bad that is for our children’s education and well being. Now, do you want some good news? The majority of Americans agree — book banning is bad for all of us. More than 80% of Americans...
Watch This: The Growing Movement to Ban Books
As instances of book bans continue to skyrocket year over year, it’s important to know that they overwhelmingly target stories about people or characters from marginalized groups. According to PEN America, from 2021-2023: 37% of all book bans targeted books about...
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.
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...
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...
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Read This: The Quiet Danger of Soft Censorship
We’ve been fighting the explosion of book bans since Red Wine & Blue started. PEN America reports 16,000 book bans in public schools since 2021 — a level not seen since the 1950s during McCarthyism. This increase has been driven by organized groups with a...
Do This: Start Talking About Racism
Anti-racism is not just a state of mind, it’s an active way of living our day-to-day lives. It’s the intentional practice of taking ongoing steps to confront racism in an effort to end it. Sometimes that might mean calling out overt examples of racism when we see...
Watch This: What Can We Do About Racism?
As we take on the work of anti-racism, we’ll probably run into friends and family who have varying degrees of understanding about it. Some may have their own deeply personal experiences with racism. Their stories are important and can teach us valuable lessons. But...
Read This: Anti-Racism, It’s More Than Any Of Us Think
None of us want to think of ourselves as racist, and it’s true that we don’t intend to be. But saying (and believing) that we’re “not racist” is not enough to tackle the very real problem of racism in America. We need to be anti-racist. But what exactly does that...
Do This: Join the Red Wine & Blue App!
For the past few weeks, Easy A has celebrated women, past and present, who organize for the greater good in their communities. These women have shown us how we can all do our part to change the world. This week, we’re excited to announce that Red Wine & Blue has a...