[This is the fifth in a series of columns about best practices for state and local advocacy groups. The first four are about proactive legislation, a Resolution strategy, a 6-step multi-year advocacy program, and...
Pro-Choice Michigan Lawmakers Ready to Go on Offense by Michelle D. Anderson “The best way to fight back is with a strong, sustained effort to drive proactive policies—and the public debate about such policies—in states,...
Constitutional Convention Rescission Resolution: As a recent article from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities explains, the right wing is (perhaps) only six states short of successfully calling a federal constitutional convention—and they’re...
[This is the fourth in a series of columns about best practices for state and local advocacy groups. The first three are about proactive legislation, a Resolution strategy, and a 6-step multi-year advocacy program.]...
This Repro Rights Report covers February 14 through March 13, 2017 and focuses on proactive abortion rights legislation introduced in states and localities. So far, 98 proactive bills in 28 states—As of today, 98...
States and Cities Push Back on Reproductive Health Attacks By Katie Klabusich In the face of promises from the new administration and its congressional allies to make abortion and other reproductive health care less accessible,...
Student Assessments for Deeper Learning Resolution: The federal Every Student Succeeds Act, enacted in 2016, empowers states to develop their own accountability systems. In order to give teachers the freedom to encourage deeper learning...
Civil Rights & Liberties The Montana House passed HB147, which requires government agencies to get a warrant before accessing data in any electronic device unless it has informed, affirmative consent of the owner. The...
[This column is related to the last one that laid out a “Resolution Strategy” for policy organizing. This digs deeper into the six-part program for advocacy described by Michael Pertschuk in The DeMarco Factor:...
Texas Legislators Double Down, Break Glass Table, in Next Big Abortion Fight By Lucy Wescott Eight months after the Supreme Court struck down abortion restrictions in Texas, state legislators appear to be doubling down...