Take action now for gun safety
The website Everytown for Gun Safety offers action plans in response to ongoing gun violence. Get more information and do an interactive search here
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Swing Left College Fellowship application due March 1
This election season, one thing’s for sure: young voters are going to be absolutely critical to taking back the House. Through the Swing Left College Fellowship program, Fellows will receive top-notch training in campaigning and organizing, so they can get out the youth vote in November and become progressive leaders on their campuses and beyond.…
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Looking for your involvement
This week marks only 38 weeks to go until midterm elections. This, in the opinion of your editors, is the time for active involvement. We offer you three events for your consideration, attendance, and further engagement. The first is February 15, a presentation on Free Speech and the First Amendment at Rackham by Joshua Johnson…
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Nobody’s above the law — rapid response plan if Mueller is fired
Nobody’s above the law — rapid response plan if Mueller is fired We know that last July, Donald Trump considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller, the person leading the Department of Justice investigation of possible illegal actions by Donald Trump and members of his presidential campaign, and the efforts to conceal those activities. Trump is…
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The first step in having fairness in voting is coming to a party- Promote the Vote!
On Wednesday, February 21, kickoff parties to learn how to collect signatures for the Promote the Vote: Michigan Ballot Initiative will be held across the state. This ballot initiative will provide “full and fair access to the ballot box.” Why do we need these reforms? Along with Mississippi, Michigan has enacted the least modernizations to…
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How to fix it? “Take it over!” say women candidates
What’s the fastest way to fix a broken system? Take it over, say female candidates running for office in 2018 for the first time. Over the past terrible, horrible, no-good, very-bad year, an unprecedented number of women have been motivated to dive into politics for the first time, many with the hope of defeating or succeeding men who’ve…
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Promote the Vote webinar, January 29
Voters Not Politicians (VNP) and the League of Women Voters lawsuit have begun the fight against gerrymandering in Michigan. Now, a new initiative called Promote the Vote (PtV) takes another step forward and deals with the issues of voter suppression–I.D. laws, absentee ballots, military voting, and others. PtV is not affiliated with VNP and is…
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Is partisan gerrymandering legal? Why the courts are divided
Diverging decisions this week by federal judges in North Carolina and Pennsylvania are certain to draw the Supreme Court’s interest as it mulls whether to curtail partisan gerrymandering. Click here to learn more. – New York Times
Expect environmental battles to be even more significant in 2018
Environmentalists and proponents of deregulation alike say they expect fewer high-profile announcements over all and more action in the courts, where both sides will fight over the future of deregulation. “You may not see as many fireworks as there were in the past, but I think it’s going to be an even more significant year,”…
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The Republican tax bill is a disaster for income inequality
The tax plan was already unequal. The version Trump signed into law is even more so. Republicans have managed to take a tax plan that was already tilted heavily toward corporations and the wealthiest Americans and shift the balance even further in favor of the rich. Vox.com