By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, November 20 2013
This year, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act and dozens of U.S. states got busy introducing restrictive voting bills that would prevent poor, minority, and elderly voters from making it to the polls. Meanwhile, Massachusetts legislators were working to pass an election modernization bill that would allow online voter registration and early voting. That’s why Sara Brady of the organization MassVOTE started several MoveOn Petitions asking members of the Massachusetts General Court to stand up for the state’s voters and pass the bill.
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Democracy
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, November 20 2013
A new survey commissioned by MoveOn.org and looking at 10 key House and Senate districts found that voters there strongly oppose cutting Social Security benefits. The survey was taken as the bi-cameral budget committee began deliberations on a proposed bill that could include benefits cuts, and indicates that support for such cuts could imperil lawmakers […]
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Economic Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, November 19 2013
Find out which sector poured the most cash into your state’s political campaigns last year with this map from Mother Jones.
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Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, November 15 2013
We’re proud to announce the launch of “The Good Fight,” powered by MoveOn.org, — a new podcast featuring inspiring, “behind-the-slingshot” stories of real people who stepped up and created progressive change. Check out the first episode here: http://thegoodfight.fm/, and then subscribe.
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By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, November 12 2013
New polling out today from Lake Research Partners shows that Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) faces a disapproving Kentucky electorate which places his 2014 bid for reelection in serious jeopardy.
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Elections
By Maria Tchijov. Tuesday, November 12 2013
Have you ever wondered how turn a problem in your community into a campaign victory? Here are five simple steps to do just that using MoveOn Petitions.
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, November 7 2013
Chances are, John Boehner doesn’t want you to share this graphic.
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Economic Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, November 5 2013
Kate Olp is a MoveOn Changemaker.
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By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, November 5 2013
Listen to where she’s been and the horrors she has seen, and why she’s fighting for abortions to be “safe, legal, and rare.”
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Abortion Rights | Candidates | Civil Rights | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, November 4 2013
Louis Taylor saved people from a fire, yet he was sent to jail for starting it — all because of the color of his skin.
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Civil Rights
