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Winning Wednesday: The sky’s the limit
Your top five wins this week! 5. Federal Judge Tells DOJ To Back Off Rhode Island Voter Files By February 2026, according to the Brennan Center, at least 10 states, including Texas, had handed their voter files over to the Justice Department. Most states have refused, and the administration is suing 29 of them over that issue. DOJ is asking them to sign an agreement to allow the Federal government to, among other things, remove specific voters from the rolls. On April 17

Karen Young
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Winning Wednesday: 5 great recent victories for the people!
Pearl Jam. Five. “Stop The Steal” leader John Eastman loses his CA law license. According to Politico , the CA Supreme Court turned down Eastman’s final bid to salvage his law license, upholding the decision by lower-court judges to order Eastman’s disbarment over his role in the 2020 scheme. The court ordered that his name be “stricken from the roll of attorneys.” He’s been suspended from practice for the past few years, as cases against him have wound through the courts

Karen Young
Apr 164 min read


New strategy: less posting, more work on elections
I will be posting less often from now until November. I've decided to prioritize working on campaigns, and political reform, for these...

Karen Young
Jul 22, 20241 min read


Community Compost program restored to NYC budget
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! Food waste is a major source of greenhouse gases and takes up space in landfills. At least a third of the...

Karen Young
Jul 11, 20241 min read


Workers may get some heat protection
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! This week, in the midst of record-setting heat waves across America caused by climate change, the Federal...

Karen Young
Jul 4, 20242 min read


Impossible to inevitable: Public opinion turning against gun violence
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! For so long, the battle over guns and gun violence seemed intractable. But as the bodies pile up, it...

Karen Young
Jun 26, 20242 min read


Big win for immigrants, good strategy for Biden
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! The American Immigration Council described the effect of President Biden’s pair of actions yesterday as...

Karen Young
Jun 19, 20242 min read


Waffle House workers fight – and win
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! Waffle House workers have been making a lot of noise through the Union of Southern Service Workers,...

Karen Young
Jun 12, 20242 min read


Amazon Labor Union and Teamsters Come For Amazon
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! The Amazon Labor Union, a plucky band of Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York City,...

Karen Young
Jun 5, 20242 min read


Impossible to inevitable: NCAA makes deal to pay college athletes
Welcome to Winning Wednesday!! Last week, there was a huge victory on an issue very close to my heart: compensation for top college...

Karen Young
May 29, 20242 min read


I call this a win for progressives
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! No, progressive organizer Zach Shrewsbury didn’t prevail in his Senate primary contest with coal Democrat...

Karen Young
May 15, 20241 min read


Summer Lee crushed her primary AND built lasting progressive power
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! In a recent email, the woman above with the million-dollar smile, Rep. Summer Lee (PA-12), hailed her...

Karen Young
May 8, 20242 min read


Organizing gets results at EPA
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! After successful organizing and agitation by many, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a...

Karen Young
Apr 17, 20242 min read


3 more ways progressives can split the right
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Since we are so weak on exploiting the right’s internal differences, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to throw out more...

Karen Young
Apr 7, 20246 min read


Florida Rising: abortion AND marijuana will be on the ballot
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! The national Democratic Party may have written Florida off, but the Sunshine State didn’t get the memo. ...

Karen Young
Apr 3, 20241 min read


Starbucks union workers get a slew of new benefits
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! As you know, Starbucks Workers United recently won a huge victory when the company agreed to sit down and...

Karen Young
Mar 28, 20241 min read


7 keys to a better American political system with more choices
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! I attended a meeting last week about building the left over the short- and long-term. I heard a lot of...

Karen Young
Mar 25, 20246 min read


Progressive policies going to the voters in 2024
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! Ballot initiatives and Constitutional amendments are ways to get good laws on the books, even if...

Karen Young
Mar 14, 20242 min read


Dartmouth hoops union: a step toward ending slavery in college sports
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! I go crazy whenever the subject of college athletes comes up. To me, the system wherein college athletes...

Karen Young
Mar 6, 20242 min read


Grassroots organizing pushes governor to accept food aid
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! I assume you’ve heard about the victory for Starbucks workers. Super great! Congratulations to everyone...

Karen Young
Feb 29, 20242 min read
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