Category: Action

  • A sorry state of affairs

    A sorry state of affairs

    Remember how relieved we were in November 2020? Who can forget the media blitz, the myriad controversies, and the mountain of money spent on the 2020 Biden-Trump election? Well, thank goodness that came out on the side I wanted! But what happened? There’s mischief afoot in the states!

  • Concord stands up for abortion rights.

    Concord stands up for abortion rights.

    Approximately 500 residents of Concord and nearby towns took to Monument Square on May 14 to show our determination to protect abortion rights.

  • I’m pro-choice, and I organize.

    I’m pro-choice, and I organize.

    In the late 1980s, before cellphones and texting, my wife and I helped with clinic defense at two abortion clinics in Brookline. On most Saturdays, we’d get a call around 5 AM asking us to phone 10 activists and give them 10 names to call. Around 6, we’d hop in the car and drive 45…

  • Betting big on Nevada

    Betting big on Nevada

    Getting out the vote. It’s how we keep control of the U.S. House and Senate and protect free and fair elections. In Georgia, where the stakes are particularly high, a strong turnout means overcoming some of the country’s most draconian efforts at voter suppression.

  • Georgia On Our Mind

    Georgia On Our Mind

    Getting out the vote. It’s how we keep control of the U.S. House and Senate and protect free and fair elections. In Georgia, where the stakes are particularly high, a strong turnout means overcoming some of the country’s most draconian efforts at voter suppression.

  • Crossing the political canyon in Arizona

    Crossing the political canyon in Arizona

    Arizona has been creeping ever bluer in the last decade, and Democrats have a real shot at dominating in the Grand Canyon state this year! Organizations on the ground in Arizona need our help, and they’re creating actions specifically for out-of-state volunteers like us.

  • Preserving a Future of Self-Determination

    Preserving a Future of Self-Determination

    In 1944 my parents escaped Soviet Stalinist rule in Ukraine and came to the United States. Today another dictator is invading again. It is a privilege to stand united with Ukraine against Russia’s invasion in Monument square, Concord, the cradle of American liberty.

  • Concord stands up for Ukraine.

    Concord stands up for Ukraine.

    More than 200 residents of Concord and nearby towns took to Monument Square on February 27 to support Ukraine in its desperate fight against Vladimir Putin’s illegal and unprovoked invasion.

  • Intimidating voters of color

    Intimidating voters of color

    In our separate-but-unequal criminal “justice” system, Black citizens receive hefty prison sentences for honest voting mistakes while their white counterparts get away with blatant efforts to commit voter fraud.

  • How can we win if we don’t compete?

    How can we win if we don’t compete?

    Contest Every Race is working to end GOP dominance in rural America by making sure that no Republican runs for office unopposed. In states like Oklahoma, Democrats don’t run in up to 75% of local elections. The result is lower turnout, which means that congressional and statewide candidates get crushed – even when there are…