** = new or updated legislation since our June report Civil Rights & Liberties The Montana House and Senate passed, and the Governor signed, HB147, which requires government agencies to get a warrant before accessing...
We are about to embark on a nationwide debate over taxes. Newspapers want to call this a debate over “tax reform.” It is not. Progressives should never say “tax reform” and never accept this...
Demilitarization of Police Act: A few days ago, Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions announced that they have reversed an Obama rule that limited the types of surplus military equipment available to local police forces....
Anti-government extremists now control both our federal government and most states. In general, they believe in a Ronald Reagan quote—taken completely out of context—that “government is the problem.” And yet, Hurricane Harvey illustrates that...
This report focuses on proactive policy, that is, legislation to expand abortion rights in states and localities. We do so because proactive strategy must be a central component of our work, even in jurisdictions...
White Supremacists Are Terrorists Resolution: The Illinois Senate adopted a resolution that condemns violence and intimidation by white supremacist organizations and calls on law enforcement agencies to protect Americans from such groups in the...
As white supremacists and neo-Nazis crawl out of the woodwork and try to infest our communities with hate, it is important to contest their revisionist history. You know that Trumpism is based on white...
** = new or updated legislation since our June report Civil Rights & Liberties The Montana House and Senate passed, and the Governor signed, HB147, which requires government agencies to get a warrant before accessing...
Too Young to Test Act: There is far too much reliance on standardized testing in public schools, hurting schoolchildren, teachers and administrators. Federal law requires testing in grades 3-8 and once in high school,...
Last week, the Senate and House Minority Leaders published op-eds in the New York Times and the Washington Post announcing their new messaging under the banner of “A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages,...