As part of our Dear 2026 celebrations, we’ve been highlighting the extraordinary work of our members and TroubleNation groups this year.
Our community continues to grow and our Troublemakers have stayed active through banned book clubs, advocacy at state legislatures, rallies, craftivism, local volunteer projects, trainings, and get-out-the-vote efforts. Their hard work and actions have paid off with great electoral wins in November.
But we get that not everyone has enough free time to participate in these activities, and since you’re an Easy A subscriber, that very likely includes you. That’s ok! We can’t all do all the things.
The giving of our treasure is just as valuable as the giving of our time. Historian Timothy Snyder even includes “contribute to good causes” as one of his 20 lessons on how to fight extremism in his book, On Tyranny. He writes that donating to an organization that shares your values, “supports civil society and helps others to do good.”
Now that you’ve made your voting plan for the midterm elections – and maybe even voted early! – it’s time to take it one step further. It’s not enough just to vote this year. That’s because we know a lot of people don’t vote in midterm elections, and as rockstar...
There are probably a lot of reasons fewer people vote in midterm elections than in presidential elections. Maybe they don’t know that they’re happening. Maybe they don’t know who is running for state and local offices, or they don’t realize how important those offices...
Midterm Election Day is just around the corner on November 3, but early voting has already started, or is starting in many states soon. In other words, the election is now! We know it’s important to vote in the midterms, but we also know that many of our friends and...
We are just 26 days away from midterm Election Day, so let’s spend the next few weeks getting ourselves and everyone we know ready to vote. Voters usually turnout more in Presidential elections than they do in midterm elections. For example, 66% of voters cast a...
Unite Against Book Bans, an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA), hosts Banned Books Week every year. This year’s Banned Books Week starts in just a few days and runs from October 4 to 10. More than 4,200 books were challenged in 2025, and we need to...
