Kelly Dillaha and her husband, Scott, were watching television in their Birmingham home Monday evening when their phones started blowing up with texts asking if their twin sons, Aidan and Brandon Johnson-Hill, students at Michigan State University, were OK. They...
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Interview: ‘We Were Having None of It’
Katie Paris founded Red Wine & Blue in 2019 to help suburban women engage in politics. By the end of the 2020 election, it had grown into ‘a pretty passionate fight against rightwing extremism.’
White women have long been unreliable voters for Democrats. Could that change in 2024?
Jennifer Pippin had been a registered Democrat since she was 18-years-old. But a decade later, in 2014, she switched to the Republican Party. "I felt like more of the Republican values were my values," said Pippin, a 37-year-old surgical and operating room nurse from...
Pennsylvania voters want to protect freedom, especially to control their own bodies
By Ronna Dewey Pennsylvania House Republicans are blatantly trying to hold on to their power and push their out-of-touch agenda. Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly supported Democrats up and down the ballot, electing a 102-101 Democrat majority in the state House. But...
‘Too Hyperbolic’? School Board Parental Rights Push Falters
State teachers unions have increased spending on their candidates, and grassroots groups including Red Wine and Blue have rallied liberal suburban parents.
Fresh off yet another loss, Ohio Democrats look for answers with Sherrod Brown’s 2024 reelection campaign on the horizon
Katie Paris, leader of Red Wine and Blue, a Democratic group that targets suburban women, said the failure to get an abortion-rights measure on the ballot this year hurt the Democrats this year. Meanwhile, voters overwhelmingly approved one in neighboring Michigan...
An 81-year-old Lehigh Valley woman puts a human face on the undated ballot problem
Mail-in ballots have proved contentious since Pennsylvania widely expanded their use in a bipartisan 2019 election reform. Federal and state judges have ruled at various times that undated ballots should be counted, or should not be counted, while still trying to...
Good News Alert: Democrats Might Actually Flip the Michigan Legislature
When Michigan voters go to the polls, they’ll also be deciding whether to enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution, or to let stand a 1931 law that would essentially ban abortion in the state. Kelly Dillaha, Michigan Program Director for the grassroots...
PRESS RELEASE: On Day Education Board Meets to Enact DeSantis’ Extreme Agenda, FL Moms Release Six-Figure Ad Buy to Stand Up and Fight Back – Especially With Suburban Women
“We may just be moms, but come November, you’ll be just a former governor.” Suburbs across Florida, October 19, 2022 - Today, Red Wine & Blue released “Just Moms,” a new ad featuring Florida moms fighting back against Ron DeSantis’ education extremism. The ad,...
Grassroots women’s group Red Wine & Blue wants you to vote like lives depend on it — because they do: Leslie Kouba
I didn’t expect to see the big camera and boom mic at the “LGBTQ+ & You: Advocates, Allies, & Candidates” event hosted by Red Wine & Blue last Sunday at Cleveland’s LGBT Center. Found out one of CNN’s documentary teams was there to record Ember, and her...
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Read This: We Got This! Because We’ve Got Each Other.
As we reflect on 2024, a year filled with emotional highs and lows, one thing stands out to us the most — the passion and the commitment of the women of Red Wine & Blue. Our community came together — and grew — with a level of energy and a desire to take action...
Do This: Immigration, The American Fabric
Immigration was a deciding issue for a lot of voters in the 2024 election. We saw politicians use misinformation and partisan talking points to dehumanize immigrants and scare voters, but we know the facts. We can stand up to these extremists and counter their harmful...
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...
Watch This: Immigration, The American Fabric
The incoming Trump administration is doubling down on their campaign promises to curb immigration and conduct mass deportations, possibly even targeting naturalized citizens. Amidst the hateful rhetoric, it’s important to remember that, while Americans disagree on how...
Read This: Immigration, The American Fabric
Many extremists made immigration and the fear of immigrants a central issue in their 2024 election campaigns, and it worked. A lot of them got elected, including Donald Trump with his promise to conduct mass deportations. So let's talk about immigration. Who Are...