Source: The Washington Post. Thanks to Katie Paris, who is leading a network of about 300,000 people in her Red Wine and Blue group and helping save our democracy, as reported in the Feb. 10 Politics & the Nation article, “ ‘Blue’ suburban moms mobilize to counter conservatives.” I have been an educator in public and private schools for more than 40 years.I have been an educator in public and private schools for more than 40 years. I have never been more concerned about attempts to stifle free speech and impair academic freedom, with resulting harm to our students.