Posted on February 18, 2016
Republican Doublespeak: Supreme Court edition
Immediately following news of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing, Senate Republican leaders wasted no time in declaring their refusal to carry out their constitutional duty to consider a nominee from President Obama to fill the vacancy. Republican …
Posted on February 12, 2016
Repeal immunity for the gun industry
It’s appalling. Gun manufacturers and gun dealers are the only industries in America that are protected from lawsuits when their products lead to violence and death. That’s not by accident. The NRA promoted, and Congress passed, the Protection …
Posted on February 3, 2016
Your activism makes a difference: President Obama visited a mosque
Last December, after the tragedies in Beirut, Paris and San Bernadino, more than 46,000 CREDO activists asked President Obama to take a public stand against Islamophobia by denouncing anti-Muslim violence and making his first public visit to a …
Posted on February 3, 2016
Why President Obama’s New Rules for Public Land Use are a Big Deal
On January 15 in his final State of the Union Address, President Obama announced a three-year moratorium on new coal sales on federally-owned land. This is an important victory in no small part made possible by years of …
Posted on January 28, 2016
It’s time to fix the Voting Rights Act
In 2013, the right-wing ideologues on the Supreme Court handed down a shameful decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act, ending decades of protection for minorities against discriminatory and unfair attempts to limit voting on the basis of …
Posted on January 21, 2016
#DemocracyAwakening: Overturn Citizens United
Six years ago today, the Supreme Court unleashed a number of assaults on our democracy with its disastrous Citizens United decision: The rise of Super PACs, the idea that corporations are people and money equals speech, and a …
Posted on January 13, 2016
Why CREDO is donating to three pro-choice groups this month
As you may have seen, CREDO will be making donations this month to three pro-choice organizations – NARAL Pro Choice America, Planned Parenthood affiliates and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. The donations to these three pro-choice …
Posted on January 10, 2016
10 things President Obama must say in his last State of the Union
Tomorrow, President Obama will deliver his final State of the Union Address. The last of his presidency, this speech will define his agenda for the next year. There is no upcoming reelection campaign or midterm to use as …
Posted on December 28, 2015
How progressives won in 2015
The past few months have been both challenging and inspiring for progressive activists. When you work for social justice, equality, and peace, you never get a break and you’re always in the middle of an important grassroots fight. …
Posted on December 17, 2015
What Republicans can actually do to make us safer
This week marks three years since 20 first graders and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Since Sandy Hook, gun violence has continued unabated in the United States because Congress has done …