Posted on January 24, 2017
Three handy features in Apple’s new support app
There’s a great new way to get tech help for any of your Apple products that gathers all support options in one convenient, dedicated application. Apple has released its Apple Support app and it’s available for free download at the iOS App Store.
You just launch the app and sign in with your Apple ID. A list of all your Apple ID-registered devices will appear on the app’s home screen. Select the device that’s giving you trouble, then browse among the support topics.
The app provides solutions for just about any glitch you can imagine, with easy and effective fixes for common issues like:
Forgot iCloud Username or Password: The app walks you through the recovery process in simple steps.
Posted on January 12, 2017
The Women’s March on Washington, January 21, 2017
I’m heading to the Women’s March on Washington on Jan. 21 because I believe there is no more important moment than right now to stand for the values I believe in. In fact I booked my flight to Washington on Nov. 13 – as soon as I knew there was even the chance of a Women’s March. I am thrilled to see this effort gaining momentum with support from progressive organizations such as Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America (who we are proud to partner with at CREDO).
I am going to march to stand for women’s rights and to ensure that the new administration knows they have no mandate to gut the gains made by women over the past 50 years. We will not go back. But all of us have many deeply felt reasons for marching – against hate, racism, sexism, Islamophobia, homophobia and climate deniers. One thing is clear: we are all united in standing for equality.
We were having a conversation in the office about what my sign should say. So the team here at CREDO developed a series of signs we want to share with you that speak to many of the values we share. We hope you find a message that resonates for you personally or that inspires your own.
I hope these signs give you inspiration and that maybe I’ll see you in Washington.
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Posted on January 5, 2017
5 Must-read books recommended by the CREDO team
It’s been a cold winter in the Bay Area – sometimes it gets down to 35 degrees at night, and other times it will rain (not at the same time, thankfully). Us Californians aren’t cut out for this, and all I want to do until April is curl up with a good book.
I took to Slack to ask my CREDO teammates for book recommendations, and here’s what they had to say:
Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer by Dean Baker
Suggested by Rob, Sr. Director of Business Intelligence
Nonfiction, Economics
About the book: “Baker explains how rules on trade, patents, copyrights, corporate governance and macroeconomic policy were rigged to make income flow upward.”
What Rob says: “Dean Baker does an excellent job explaining how the political choices we make have led to inequality.”
Posted on January 4, 2017
Reduce your mobile data usage with Netflix’s new download feature
Got Netflix? Now you can watch many of its award-winning shows and movies as you travel by train, plane or automobile. This feature is available to all Netflix subscribers and can help conserve cellular data usage.
Netflix now has nearly 50 million subscribers in the United States alone and has kept pace with technology incredibly well. Once known as the DVD-by-mail subscription service, it has evolved to be the cord-cutting company that pioneers original content (like “House of Cards”). But there’s a feature Netflix lagged on until recently – the ability to download content to your device to view offline (a la Spotify or Google Maps). Better late than never though, right?
Progressive-leaning people will find many of the shows available for download to be engaging and informative. Like Netflix original “Orange is the New Black,” a fictional drama that humanizes prisoners and draws awareness to our broken criminal justice system. Or the documentary “Requiem for the American Dream,” which features persuasive interviews with Noam Chomsky that examine class mobility.
Why you want to watch Netflix offline
Videos streamed over cellular data will devour your monthly mobile data plan.
Posted on January 2, 2017
ACLU, Demos and EFF: Three great groups for you to support in January
Three organizations that will be central to the fights we will face in 2017 are on CREDO’s January donations election ballot.
Your votes will determine how we will divide our monthly donation to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Demos and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Each of these organizations is a leader in the progressive movement, whose work takes on a new urgency this year.
Learn about the important work these groups are doing and then vote for one, two, or all three.
Posted on December 22, 2016
What we accomplished together in 2016
The only way to stop Donald Trump is to meet his toxic agenda with fierce resistance at every turn. In 2016, CREDO members showed they know how to do just that.
Trump becoming president-elect does not erase the victories and game-changing campaigns that CREDO members made possible this past year. If anything, it makes them more important. These victories are forceful reminders of what it is possible to do together, and models for how CREDO will continue fighting in the years to come.
Posted on December 22, 2016
New video: Thank you for your support in 2016
Looking back on 2016 will always be tough. Despite the hardships of this tumultuous year and the many challenges that remain ahead, we want to acknowledge the positive change that our members made possible in 2016. We at CREDO and the organizations we fund are grateful for the incredible support from you and other CREDO activists.
Hundreds of thousands of CREDO members voted in our monthly donations elections, instructing us how to distribute more than $2 million to 48 progressive nonprofit organizations. Check out this message of thanks from a few of the groups we funded in 2016.
Posted on December 19, 2016
Forbes features our list of 8 women’s advocacy groups to support
CREDO was recently featured in Forbes for our recommendations on where to donate to support women’s rights this holiday season.
“Come December, a blizzard’s worth of lists and ‘best gift’ ideas typically blanket the internet and airwaves to compete for our snowflake-like attention. The nonprofit-supporting mobile network CREDO, however, has been making its holiday rounds with a different mission: to remind shoppers that support for women’s and families’ rights is some of the best money you’ll spend all year.
To help with those last-minute gifts or deductions, CREDO Mobile has prepped a list of some of the most game-changing women’s rights organizations out there. The progressive phone company, whose donations to date to women’s causes exceed $9.7 million, explained by email that the time is better than ever to show support (with wallets and words) for those organizations we rely on–guys included–whether we know it or not.”
Posted on December 14, 2016
Update: Kasich vetoes extreme abortion ban, signs 20-week ban.
In the last few days, CREDO members made hundreds of calls to Gov. Kasich’s office urging him to keep abortion safe and legal in Ohio.
On Tuesday, Gov. Kasich vetoed a bill that would have almost completely banned abortion for Ohio women. House Bill 493 would have outlawed abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy – long before most women even know they are pregnant. But he signed Senate Bill 127, an unconstitutional bill that bans abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest.
Our pressure helped make sure that Gov. Kasich did not completely outlaw abortion in Ohio, but his signature on SB 127 not only puts women’s lives at risk, it also helps anti-woman extremists continue their assault on Roe v. Wade.
Twenty week abortion bans are a cornerstone of the Republican-led anti-woman agenda to outlaw abortion. Lawmakers in 18 states have been outspoken about using court challenges to 20-week abortion bans as a tool to chip away at Roe v Wade. And with Trump’s promise to appoint anti-choice Supreme Court justices, these bans set a dangerous precedent and could be used to overturn Roe v. Wade all together.
It’s important to remember that abortion is healthcare. Most abortions occur before 20 weeks of pregnancy. When they’re needed later in pregnancy, it’s often in very complex and sometimes dangerous medical circumstances.
Gov. Kasich, who tries to claim he is a moderate Republican, has just signed a bill into law that will take away medical options from women and their doctors. There’s nothing “moderate” about forcing women to carry pregnancies to term when there’s no chance of survival or a high risk of severe pain and suffering for their child.
