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Where’s the Resistance? It’s Right Here: Red Wine & Blue Local Groups Explode to Nearly 700 in All 50 States
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...
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Where’s the Resistance? It’s Right Here: Red Wine & Blue Local Groups Explode to Nearly 700 in All 50 States
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...
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...
From Oprah livestream to house parties, Black women marshal unprecedented outreach for Kamala Harris
CNN — Waves of emotion washed over DeJuana Thompson as she stood in the convention hall in Chicago last month watching Vice President Kamala Harris become the first Black woman nominated for the presidency by a major political party. Battleground...
The People for Kamala Harris How a women-led movement, born in the devastation of 2016, put Democrats on the brink of making history.
On night one in Chicago, there was some tittering about the choice to snuggle Ocasio-Cortez’s speech in so close to Hillary Clinton’s. According to the conventional wisdom, Clinton is a depressing reminder of loss, a candidate so bad that she could...
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...
From doom scrolling to hope scrolling: this week’s big Democratic vibe shift
Almost overnight, the vice president has eclipsed the president. Videos and memes of Harris are everywhere. “We’ve all gone from doom scrolling to hope scrolling,” said Katie Paris, the founder of Red Wine and Blue – a group with about 500,000...
Democracy isn’t a Spectator Sport
“Are you on?” she asked? On what? It was 4:30PT and I was deep in a TikTok about J.D. Vance. I had no idea what she was talking about. “I’m on the zoom with Heather Cox Richardson!” Oh, right! I’d forgotten it was happening. Too bad—I’d hoped to...
How to Confront the Affordability Crisis: Use the Ballot to Raise Wages
The US restaurant industry is on the cusp of historic change. After years of organizing and building power to raise wages and end subminimum tip-based wages, restaurant and service workers and “high road” restaurant owners in many states still work...
Women’s Rights Rally at Dowdy Park
The Hear Us Roar in ‘24 rally in Nags Head concluded on a powerful note as nearly100 participants gathered at Dowdy Park to advocate for women’s reproductive rights on the eve of the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision reversing a woman’s...
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