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National Issues

These issues fall under the purview of Congress and/or the President.

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Where The Wild Things Are

Constructing destructive tar sands oil pipelines through First Nations' lands is the latest in a long legacy of atrocities committed by European settlers in North America and the United States Government.

They Belong to Us

In the intervening 48 years since Roe, more than 1,300 pieces of legislation have been enacted nationwide with the express aim of restricting a woman’s access to abortion.

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Our American Stories

Americans are encouraged to think in terms of what it will cost us to be welcoming to immigrants. Those “costs” generally focus on the idea that immigrants take jobs away from hard-working Americans as well as the burdens that newcomers might put on education, healthcare, and social service.

Political cartoon of the statue of liberty with a bullhorn, with Biden showing her cue cards that read, "stay home", "border closed", and "not now."

The Golden Door

Almost every piece of U.S. immigration legislation passed over the past 231 years has changed what coming here, “the right way” actually means.

Illustration of women of different races with bras and masks on with the text, "cancer is not quarantined, check your breasts".

Save the Women

On any given day in America, 771 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. On that same day, 119 will die—for every hour of every day, breast cancer will kill 5 women.

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The Debt Ceiling (Again)

Once again, the Federal Government is running out of money, which happens at semi-regular intervals because the way Congress spends and allocates money is objectively stupid.

State Issues

Your Governor and state legislators have the power here, engage with them to make a difference.

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Dark Days in The Sunshine State

An average of 22.7% of Florida children go hungry every single day. In the land of plenty, the fact that any child goes hungry is despicable.

A cartoon showing a hand erasing the Confederate battle flag with a pencil eraser.

Tell Tennessee Officials Not to Whitewash Education

BIPOC students are aware that the real story is more complicated than, “there used to be racism, but the Civil War and the Civil Rights Act solved it.” Their education will now be required by law to ignore a key part of their experience.

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A Riot is the Language of the Unheard

It is time to stop killing people of color. It is time to do away with legislation that causes yet more suffering for communities of color.

The Vote

We have the opportunity to make voting in this country a more just exercise. Let us seize the moment.

Photos of people affected by incarceration posted on a fence.

When Will Their Sentences End?

If incarceration is part of paying a debt to society, for America’s 6.1 million people with felony convictions, disenfranchisement can mean that the debt is never fully paid.

The Times They Are A Changin'

Come gather ‘round people, wherever you roam, and admit that the waters, around you have grown — Bob Dylan (1964)

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