by Judy Asman | Feb 25, 2021 | Articles
Above: Placards created by Charleston, South Carolina-based transit riders advocacy group Best Friends of Low Country Transit that were displayed on bus seats to honor Rosa Parks on her Birthday, Transit Equity Day. To see full media coverage of actions like these,...
by Judy Asman | Feb 24, 2021 | Articles
by Leo Blain What were you doing when you were 15? Homework, sports, parties, dances: these are standard fare for 15 year-olds. Claudette Colvin was no standard 15-year old, though. When she was 15, she sat down on a Montgomery, Alabama bus and refused to give up her...
by Judy Asman | Feb 16, 2021 | Articles
After many months of Republican stonewalling the HEROES Act, in December, Congress finally passed a totally inadequate bill to address the hardship of people hit by the COVID-19 depression. Now newly elected president Joe Biden is proposing new legislation–aptly...
by Judy Asman | Feb 16, 2021 | Articles
Groups concerned about climate, labor, and justice have been working diligently to develop ideas and plans for this promising moment. Here are some we encourage the Biden administration and Congress to study as they prepare: The Green New Deal Network has laid out...
by Judy Asman | Feb 16, 2021 | Articles
There is a massive pipeline underway in northern Minnesota that violates Indigenous rights and would carry the pollution equivalent to 50 coal power plants. Sign the petition to call for the immediate stop of Line 3.