Posted on June 1, 2021
Our May grantees thank you for your support
Each month, CREDO members vote on how we distribute funding to three incredible nonprofits. Those small actions add up – with one click, you can help fund groups working for gun violence prevention, food and climate justice and …
Posted on May 17, 2021
Take Back the Court is fighting the Republican theft of the Supreme Court
After the passing of progressive icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Donald Trump and right-wing Republicans rammed through Trump’s third hyper-partisan Supreme Court nominee right before the 2020 election, solidifying for a generation a conservative majority bent on turning …
Posted on May 17, 2021
When Black Lives Mattered: Why Teach Reconstruction
Republicans are pushing voter suppression legislation at an alarming rate across the United States. And despite the guilty verdict in Minneapolis for the murder of George Floyd, police continue to kill African Americans with impunity. In the face …
Posted on May 3, 2021
Vote for Brady: United Against Gun Violence, Slow Foods USA and Zinn Education Project this May
Every month, CREDO members vote to distribute $150,000 to three incredible progressive causes – and every vote makes a difference. This May, you can support gun violence prevention, food and climate justice, promoting the “people’s history” in education …
Posted on May 3, 2021
Black Voters Matter fights back against AT&T’s funding of Texas voter suppression
“When voting rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up fight back!” shouted the crowd of Black Voters Matter activists outside AT&T headquarters in Dallas last month. These activists were outraged that AT&T donated $574,500 to …
Posted on April 27, 2021
AT&T donated over $800,000 to Republicans behind voter suppression bills
In 47 states across America, right-wing lawmakers, who still believe Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that the election was stolen, have introduced hundreds of bills to make it harder for Black voters and other voters of color to cast …
Posted on April 12, 2021
CREDO’s donation to Vote.org helped drive voter turnout in the 2020 election
By all accounts, the 2020 elections were historic. More than 6 in 10 people of voting age, and two-thirds of eligible voters, casts ballots — a 7 percent increase over 2016 voter turnout, according to a Pew Research …
Posted on March 30, 2021
AT&T is Funding Voter Suppression & Republican Insurrection
Once again, AT&T is funding right-wing causes and Republican politicians when they thought no one was watching. In the last few weeks, journalist Judd Legum reported that the telecom giant quietly donated tens of thousands to Republican lawmakers …
Posted on February 23, 2021
How March For Our Lives used CREDO funding to turn out the youth vote in 2020
This month marks a sad and tragic milestone: The third anniversary of the mass shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members. Out of this …
Posted on January 4, 2021
Our December grantees thank you for your support
Each month, CREDO members vote on how we distribute funding to three incredible nonprofits. Those small actions add up – with one click, you can help fund groups fighting for economic justice, protecting our democracy, and climate justice. …