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Activists targeted by Moms for Liberty ‘harassment’ campaigns
Another incident of harassment was recounted by Amanda Pauley, a member of the local activist group Red Wine & Blue. She said she was out shopping with her 11-year-old daughter when she and her daughter were approached by a member of M4L. “[She] walked into the...
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Red Wine & Blue launches year-around VA program mobilizing suburban women against extremism
Red Wine & Blue Launches Virginia Program With Year-Round Investment to Organize Suburban Women Against Extremism, Including “Parents’ Rights” Suburbs across Virginia, June 15, 2023: Today, Red Wine & Blue launched a year-round Virginia...
Liberals try to reclaim ‘parents’ rights’ from conservatives in education
Red, Wine and Blue, a liberal group that focuses on suburban moms, now has paid organizers in three states with school board races this year — Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia — as well as in North Carolina and Michigan. It counts about 400,000...
Oxford mother advocates for national parent group
A chance meeting in Lansing led to one Oxford parent joining a group looking to push back against extreme views being brought before school districts around the state. Cara Erskine was in Lansing earlier this year to testify on new weapons laws...
The Revolt of the Other Mothers Moms for Liberty learned motherhood is a potent force. So too have their opponents.
Christ is King,” announced signs in Dutchess County last spring. “Anthony Ciro DiLullo, WCSD Board. Vote May 17th.” He and a slate of far-right candidates running for school board were campaigning on “parents’ rights.” Some were endorsed by a local...
School censorship is not democratic. Speaking up is the solution.
Thankfully, some of that is already happening. Around the country, groups like Red Wine and Blue (that’s really its name) have challenged school board candidates sponsored by Moms for Liberty. Most of all, it has rallied parents to support history...
How to Fight the Right’s Moral Panic Over Parental Rights
In 2021, the progressive grassroots women’s group Red Wine and Blue was suddenly fielding urgent calls from all over the country. Women in Ohio, Michigan, Texas, and North Carolina all had the same question: What is happening at my school board?...
Op-Ed: Instead of villainizing women, let’s ask why someone would want an abortion
When I was in college, a friend confided in me that she had an abortion after being raped at a party. That’s the moment I knew I was pro-choice. Up until then, I had never really thought about where I stood on the issue of abortion. That wasn’t...
Williamson County mom helps launch national campaign pushing back on ‘parents rights’ groups
Williamson County parent and advocate Revida Rahman has linked arms with a national campaign organizing parents against what they call "extremists trying to control what our families and kids believe, read and learn." The campaign, dubbed "Freedom...
The Book-Bans Debate Has Finally Reached a Turning Point
Across multiple fronts, Democrats and their allies are stiffening their resistance to a surge of Republican-led book bans. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the past month have conspicuously escalated their denunciations of...
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