Members of Congress on Recess from May 25 to June 2
This is a great opportunity to let your Members of Congress know what matters most to you; by phone or in person.
Our Bodies, Our Choice: Stop the bans
About 500 people came to the U-M Diag on Tuesday to protest the recent spate of anti-abortion legislation in state legislatures. The rally was a success by anyone’s standards. To cheers and applause, Senator Jeff Irwin spoke of the importance of fighting for the right to control our bodies.
How about some good news?
In this week’s good news, 29 deported parents have been reunited with their children and bipartisan lawmakers sponsor Whitmer scholarship and skills training programs.
Domestic Terrorism is a Global Phenomenon
This week, the 21-year-old white male accused of committing this devastating violence was charged with hate crimes in addition to previous charges of arson. While there is more to be learned about the perpetrator’s ideology and motivations, the church burnings, coming on the heels of the New Zealand mosque massacres, (perpetrated by an avowed white supremacist who referenced Donald Trump in his manifesto) follow an alarming trend of domestic terrorism carried out by individuals who traffic in all forms of hatred.
The College Admissions Process: The Most Tilted Playing Field in America
The recent college admissions scandal reported at length in the New York Times in which wealthy parents spent millions of dollars, bribing college consultants to falsify test scores for their children and athletic coaches to accept them for college teams (even if they’d never played that sport) dramatizes the extreme inequities in the college admission process…
PEG’s #ThrowbackThursday Edition
Almost 2 years ago, we sent you the first PEG newsletters in hopes of engaging individuals in the fight for equality and acceptance in our government and to sustain those efforts through 2020 and beyond. Thank you for supporting and joining our vision!
Fourth straight year of hate groups growth
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) just released its annual count of hate groups. Trump spread fear about the country’s growing diversity, and he wasn’t alone. Fox News served as both his megaphone and a source for his incendiary claims during 2018. You can read their new report and see their latest interactive hate map showing the names, types, and locations of the 1,020 hate groups operating across America.
#repost…
#repost The Green New Deal legislation laid out by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey sets goals for some drastic measures to cut carbon emissions across the economy. In the process, it aims to create jobs and boost the economy.⠀ ⠀ The plan is massively ambitious and faces political blockades. Proponents believe it's what's…
78 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump
General housekeeping rules for our earth are at risk. If the planet isn’t safe, we most definitely are not safe. #people #planet #protection 78 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump See our original post at Facebook