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: 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...
Watch This: TroubleNation Women Organizing for Good
Last week, we shined a spotlight on nine women throughout American history who have organized in their communities to help others. There are countless examples of women seeing a problem and taking action to fix it, because that’s what we do! And not just in history —...
Okay, But Why Do Nine People Get to Decide Our Rights?
The Supreme Court makes decisions that affect our most fundamental rights. Cases decided by the Court live on to impact the lives of all of us for decades, if not centuries. We put the Supreme Court justices on a pedestal! But how exactly does the Supreme Court work? Why do nine people have the power to make these incredibly important decisions? And why are some people worried about whether the current court is making decisions that are bad for democracy?
Okay, But Why Are People Drawn to Conspiracy Theories?
These days, it feels like conspiracy theories are everywhere. And some of these outlandish theories have caused real harm. So why are people drawn to conspiracy theories? What real harm do they cause? And how can we help a loved one come back to reality? See how we can find a common solution to people falling down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole!