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2,362,489,747

With a global population nearing 8,000,000,000 people, approximately 2,362,489,747 women will be brutalized by someone who is meant to care for them.

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By the People, For the People

The time is ripe for Congress to enact H.R.1 so that our right to vote is valued and administered as it was intended to be.

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Sleep For Today, But Tomorrow We Fight

There is a lot of work to be done and a short time in which to do it. The Biden-Harris administration has promised us a lot, and we mean to hold them to it.

The people of Puerto Rico sinking into a rough sketch of their homeland with Trump holding out a golf club saying "Too bad, it doesn't reach. Sad".

Statehood for Puerto Rico

On the question of "should Puerto Rico be immediately admitted into the Union as a state," on the November 2020 ballot; 623,053 voted yes, or 52.34% of voters.

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The Case for D.C. Statehood Now

D.C. isn’t a state because the Republican Party would sooner boil Mitch McConnell and eat him in a savory soup (getting the roux right is critical) than give a city that voted 92% for Biden two Senators and a Representative.

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A Shot in the Arm

The COVID vaccine is rolling out across the country and most states have developed a plan of action in dispensing the vaccine.

The CASH Act of 2020 has one purpose: amend the current COVID Relief package to include $2,000 for each eligible American instead of the $600 it currently provides. But, McConnell has sabotaged the bill.

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Oh, SNAP!

Every day, more families face the reality of losing the roof over their heads, an inability to keep the lights on, or put food in their bellies.

Thankful

In a year that has seen more than 250,000 Americans die at the hands of a global pandemic that has been left unchecked by an indifferent administration, family has come to mean so much more.

Africa-American women with "Woman Power" shirt.

When She Runs, We All Win

When The Hill looks more like those we see in the mirror, the better chance we have at enacting policies that work to the benefit of everyone instead of a select few.

Charles Schulz' Peanuts characters Lucy and Charlie Brown

It's That Time Again

It's open enrollment time.

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Basking in the Glow

Thousands of women and men who share our democratic values ran in down-ballot races across the country — and many of them won.

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Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Just as many modern day Halloween celebrations do not resemble the festivals of old, Halloween in the age of COVID may be a mere shadow of its former self.

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Blue Skies

From the winter of our discontent rises the promise that bluer skies are on the horizon.

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#WorkThePolls

Find your local election office in 1 minute with Resistbot, and become a poll worker for this Election Day.

RBG - What Happens Next

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died and while her family deserves time to mourn her, the fight for her seat on the Court is about to begin.

Everything Matters

It would be easy to look at the unending torrent of scandals that beset the Trump administration and conclude that nothing matters, but that's far from the case.

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Saving Stars And Stripes

Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to put an end to Stars and Stripes.

Taxation Without Representation Is Tyranny

Make Washington, D.C. the 51st State

Black Lives Matter

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. - Desmond Tutu

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