Posted on December 13, 2019
Victory: DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan resigns
Activism works, and here’s the proof: After a sustained campaign by CREDO and our allies, which included tens of thousands of petition signatures from our members, high-profile protests and significant national press coverage, acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan, …
Posted on July 11, 2018
Victory: Scott Pruitt Resigns
Thanks to the activism and unrelenting pressure by CREDO members and our allies, scandal-plagued, anti-environment EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigned. A corrupt, fossil fuel industry hack like Scott Pruitt never should have run the EPA in the first …
Posted on March 29, 2017
VICTORY: Maryland passes fracking ban
We won. This week, the Maryland Senate passed legislation to permanently ban fracking in the state. As the bill had already passed in the House, the only step left now is Gov. Larry Hogan’s signature. Gov. Hogan initially did …
Posted on August 30, 2016
A good summer for voting rights, but there’s more work to do
Fighting for voting rights is a fundamental progressive value and central to CREDO’s advocacy. That’s why we’ve included organizations such as Project Vote, the Voter Participation Center, and the Brennan Center for Justice in our monthly donations elections …
Posted on August 22, 2016
Celebrating Women’s Equality Day and the right to vote
August 26 is the 96th anniversary of women being granted the right to vote. The ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 is now celebrated as Women’s Equality Day in the United States, after groundbreaking Congresswoman Bella Abzug …
Posted on July 21, 2016
Our activism works: NBA pulls All-Star Game from North Carolina
Our activism works. Today, news broke that the NBA is moving the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte because of HB 2, North Carolina’s discriminatory, anti-LGBT law. After HB 2 passed, the NBA criticized the law as being against its …
Posted on May 10, 2016
Victory: Gov. Deal vetoes “campus carry” in Georgia
Great news. Last week, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed Georgia’s campus carry bill, HB 859, responding to the pressure of 2,649 CREDO members who signed our petition, and 118 who made calls directly to the governor demanding that …
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 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. …
