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Gun Safety & Public Safety: We Should Not Tolerate Continued Inaction

The mass killings at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, 10 days after the white supremacist killings in Buffalo, New York, are further evidence of how deeply our society is broken, and how urgently we need to figure out how to begin fixing it. 

Racist ‘Replacement’ Rhetoric is Deadly and Republicans Must Stop Using It

The young man who murdered 10 people in Buffalo, New York on May 14, was out to kill Black people. He chose a grocery store because he wanted to leave the local Black community in fear of going about their daily lives.

Pay Attention Roe v. Wade & the Far Right’s Extreme Plans

Things are about to get worse for millions of vulnerable people in our country.

A New Dream Team of Federal Judges

This judicial Dream Team will make our courts more representative of the American people. As judges, they will make our system more just

An Extraordinary Life, Linking Past and Present

I was trained to fight by my grandmother, Mamie Bland Todd. She would often remind me, “Pessimists are right more often, but optimists win more often.”

Black Americans and the Worldwide Principles of Democracy

Anti-democratic authoritarianism is on the rise–both around the world and here at home. Sometimes it is easier to recognize overseas. That’s especially true at moments like this when Vladimir Putin’s military is killing civilians in Ukraine to feed his ambitions for greater power and is crushing any effort at dissent or truth-telling in his native Russia.

From Selma to the Supreme Court,
We Are Still Making History

Our country’s history is in part a history of struggle to achieve hard-won progress toward more universal access to rights and opportunities.

State of the Union: Democracy Needs Defenders
Republican Party Makes Dangerous Bow to Trump’s Insurrectionists

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is officially letting Americans know that it is more committed to former President Donald Trump than to democracy, the rule of law, and the truth.