FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Contact: Maggie Bridges, maggie@redwine.blue, 303.807.8304 Suburbs Across America, February 13, 2025 — Today, Red Wine & Blue’s nationwide local group organizing program, TroubleNation, reached a major milestone by expanding into their 50th...
Education
No MAGA Mandate on Public Education as Voters Reject Vouchers, Culture Wars
The other day, I overheard it at the gas station. The day before, I saw it when I opened my local news app. And the day before that, it was on my local TV station, between segments on the weather and the Cleveland Browns. Everywhere I look, MAGA allies are claiming...
Need a refresher on Ohio government? This free online course is for you!
How much do you know about the structure of government and how it works (or is supposed to work)? If your answer is something like “not enough,” you’re not alone. Research last year by the Annenberg Public Policy Center revealed that most Americans can name only one...
Dave McCormick to attend event with Moms for Liberty and Betsy DeVos
“Moms for Liberty has been classified as a far-right extremist organization by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and their whole tactic is to not have children feel safe and secure and welcomed in schools,” Ronna Dewey, the Pennsylvania program director for Red, Wine...
Ohio GOP lawmaker defends bill charging teachers with felonies for ‘pandering obscenity’
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio Republican lawmaker is defending his controversial bill that would charge teachers and school district librarians with felonies for "pandering" so-called "obscene" material. Bridget Rueter’s kids love reading, which has inspired her mission to...
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...
Ron DeSantis speaks at conservative conference in Harrisburg
Parents and teachers from Florida and Pennsylvania said they stand opposed to DeSantis' politics, namely his tailoring of Florida’s school curriculum and book bans. “These children will be our future and if they don't know the true history and they are oppressed and...
Why We Must Defend Against the GOP Plan to Destroy Public Education
Our public schools shouldn't be pawns for politicians' ambitions. Or defunded and destroyed by ideologues. We are at a crossroads: Fear and division, or hope and opportunity. A great nation does not fear people being educated. Read more at Common Dreams
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Watch This: How book banners are threatening librarians
If you were asked to list dangerous jobs in America, you might think of firefighters, power line workers, or maybe people in construction. But librarians? In a recent survey, U.S. library workers reported more than 8,200 traumatic incidents in their jobs, ranging from...
Read This: Book banners are coming for librarians
A federal judge just ruled that librarians can now be arrested and criminally charged in Arkansas for providing access to certain books. This is the latest phase in the nationwide book banning movement that our friends at PEN America have been tracking since 2021....
Do This: Look up data centers where you live
Data centers are popping up all over the country, but the majority of Americans don’t want them in our community. That’s because we know that data centers pollute our air, use up our water supply, and increase our electricity bills — all without adding anything to the...
Watch This: Living Next to a Data Center
There are more than 4,000 data centers in the U.S. That’s a lot, and the more we use the internet and AI, the more that number will grow. Still, many of us don’t know much about the impact of data centers if we haven’t personally experienced them in our own community....
Read This: What Everyone Should Know about Data Centers
Whenever we do a quick Google search or snap a picture on our phones and it saves to the “cloud,” many of us don’t think about what that means. The internet feels like an imaginary, infinite space for holding all our digital stuff. But it’s actually all powered by...