Posted on September 30, 2013
VICTORY: Colorado Air Quality Control Commission adopts new standards
The EPA designated nine Colorado counties as violating federal air pollution standards. Oil and gas activity continues unabated in Colorado with thousands of new wells drilled each year, compounding the impacts already felt from the 51,000 wells in …
Posted on September 30, 2013
VICTORY: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity removes coal-related educational sections from its website.
Illinois is in the process of revamping its widely denounced coal education program for schools, but it still hasn’t taken down its pro-coal propaganda website. The website is problematic for several reasons. With a mounting health care crisis …
Posted on September 13, 2013
VICTORY: Gov. Brown signs S.B. 27, the bill to force dark money non-profits to reveal their funders in California elections
Nonprofits linked to the Koch brothers funneled $15 million of secret money into California last election. S.B. 27 makes sure billionaires and other special interests can’t hide behind secretive nonprofits by requiring any group spending $50,000 in California …
Posted on September 6, 2013
VICTORY: Gov Jerry Brown signs Early Abortion Access Bill (A.B. 154)
A.B. 154 provides California with the opportunity to lead the nation by removing barriers to abortion care. By authorizing trained health professionals to provide early abortions, this bill improves access to care and allows women to obtain services …
Posted on September 5, 2013
VICTORY: Deborah Brown Community School apologizes to Tiana Parker and changes dress code
Tiana Parker, a 7-year-old straight-A student, was sent home in tears from her Tulsa, Oklahoma charter school after being told that, according to news reports, her short and tidy dreadlocks didn’t look presentable. Over 20,000 CREDO activists signed …
Posted on August 23, 2013
VICTORY: Attorney General Eric Holder stops North Carolina Republicans from disenfranchising voters
The federal Voting Rights Act used to protect the right to vote for millions of minorities, students and seniors in North Carolina. But after the Supreme Court struck down key provisions of that federal law in June of …
Posted on August 16, 2013
VICTORY: Iowa Department of Natural Resources signs Clean Water Act
The federal Clean Water Act had never been enforced for factory farms in Iowa, which meant that runoff from factory farms was rampant. As a result, Iowa’s water quality was ranked 49th in the nation with 628 polluted …
Posted on August 9, 2013
VICTORY: Clear Channel to reinstates South Wind Women’s Center’s ads
South Wind Women’s Center, a full-spectrum women’s reproductive health clinic that provides abortions in Wichita, Kansas, had its ads taken off the air by Clear Channel for being “divisive.” After 3,000 signatures, Clear Channel met with South Wind …
Posted on July 19, 2013
VICTORY: President Obama nominates Jeh Johnson instead of Ray Kelly to lead DHS
NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is responsible for “stop and frisk,” the NYPD program that has stopped people nearly 5 million times. The program doesn’t work: 88 percent of the people stopped are not arrested or ticketed, guns …
Posted on July 8, 2013
VICTORY: Gov. Brown supports transgender youth and signs A.B. 1266
By prohibiting discrimination against transgender students, the School Success and Opportunity Act (A.B. 1266) ensures schools understand their responsibility for the success and well-being of all students. For transgender students, this bill means they’re able to fully participate …
