866OurVote is a national non-partisan election protection coalition working year round to ensure that voters have an equal opportunity to vote and have that vote count. We provide Americans from coast to coast with comprehensive information and assistance at all stages of voting – from registration to absentee and early voting, to casting a vote at the polls, to overcoming obstacles to their participation. Our volunteers provide voter information, document problems they encounter when voting and work with partners and volunteers on the ground to identify and remove barriers to voting.
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge’s mission is to foster civic culture and institutionalize democratic engagement activities and programs at colleges and universities, making them a defining feature of campus life. By recognizing colleges and universities for their commitment to increasing student voting rates, through its national awards program, ALL IN encourages higher education institutions to help students form the habits of active and informed citizenship, make democratic participation a core value on their campus, and cultivate generations of engaged citizens who are essential to a healthy democracy.
Anti-Defamation League is a leading anti-hate organization. Founded in 1913 in response to an escalating climate of anti-Semitism and bigotry, its timeless mission is to protect the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all. Today, ADL continues to fight all forms of hate with the same vigor and passion. ADL is a global leader in exposing extremism and delivering anti-bias education, and is a leading organization in training law enforcement. ADL is the first call when acts of anti-Semitism occur. ADL’s ultimate goal is a world in which no group or individual suffers from bias, discrimination or hate.
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve our systems of democracy and justice. We work to hold our political institutions and laws accountable to the twin American ideals of democracy and equal justice for all. The Center’s work ranges from voting rights to campaign finance reform, from ending mass incarceration to preserving Constitutional protection in the fight against terrorism.
The California Center for Civic Participation is a non-partisan, non-profit civic education organization, engaging high school students by sparking their interest with exposure to real excitement of the democratic process. We believe that youth hold so much untapped and unlimited power to change their communities and their world and we exist to expose and nurture that power.
Learn more about the California Center for Civic Participation and volunteer opportunities.
The Center’s mission is to promote an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy. The Center has reached more than 30 million students and their teachers since 1965.
The Center for Civic Education helps students develop (1) an increased understanding of the institutions of constitutional democracy and the fundamental principles and values upon which they are founded, (2) the skills necessary to participate as competent and responsible citizens, and (3) the willingness to use democratic procedures for making decisions and managing conflict.
The Center for Common Ground empowers under-represented voters through non-partisan voter registration and Get Out the Vote. It provide voter information through door knock canvassing, texting, phone-banking. It also provide free rides to the polls on Election Day.
Learn more about the Center for Common Ground and volunteer opportunities.
Center for Election Innovation & Research engages in cutting-edge work to build voter trust, increase voter participation, and improve the efficiency of election administration. Their work helps elections officials maintain accurate and complete voter lists and secure election technology infrastructure.
Common Cause is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. We work to ensure open, honest, and accountable government; to promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and to empower all people to make their voices heard as equals in the political process. Common cause works across four major issue areas: voting and elections; money and politics; ethics, transparency and government accountability; and media and democracy.
Learn more about Common Cause and the Common Cause Education Fund.
Democracy North Carolina is a nonpartisan organization that uses research, organizing, and advocacy to strengthen democratic structures, build power among disenfranchised communities, and inspire confidence in a transformed political process that works for all.
ElectionDay.Org engages businesses to provide resources and tools to promote voting within their organizations including information on how to register, voting methods, and relevant deadlines.
Equal Justice Works creates opportunities for lawyers to transform their passion for equal justice into a lifelong commitment to public service. Equal Justice Works is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization and is the nation’s largest facilitator of opportunities in public interest law. Equal Justice Works brings together an extensive network of law students, lawyers, legal services organizations, and supporters to promote a lifelong commitment to public service and equal justice. The organization believes that a community of lawyers committed to public service can fulfill our nation’s promise of equal justice for all. Following their Fellowships, more than 85% of Equal Justice Works Fellows remain in public service positions, continuing to pursue equal justice for underserved communities.
Learn more about Equal Justice Works and available volunteer opportunities.
The Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN) is a project of the nonpartisan, nonprofit Center for Election Innovation & Research. EOLDN connects licensed, qualified, pro bono attorneys with election administrators who need advice or assistance. Election workers from all over the country, at the state and local level, can contact EOLDN via this website or by phone (1-877-313-5210) at any time, to request to be connected to a lawyer who can help them, at no cost. This service is available regardless of the election official’s political affiliation, or whether they work in a blue or red state or county.
Learn more about Election Official Legal Defense Network and available volunteer opportunities.
FairVote is a nonpartisan organization seeking better elections for all. They research and advance voting reforms that make democracy more functional and representative for every American. FairVote has a proven record since 1992 as a nonpartisan trailblazer that advances and wins electoral reforms at the local, state and national level through strategic research, communications and collaboration. Today, we are the driving force behind advancing ranked choice voting and fair representation in multi-winner legislative districts that will open up our elections to better choices, fairer representation and more civil campaigns.
HeadCount is a non-partisan organization that uses the power of music to register voters and promote participation in democracy. HeadCount uses a grassroots approach to reach young people and music fans at concerts and online to inform and empower. Like music and democracy? Come work (or volunteer) with us!
Learn about how to be involved at a concert or event near you.
Indivisible is committed to providing civic education, policy resources, strategic guidance, and targeted trainings for groups across the country. It educates and empowers civic leaders at the community level across the country.
Learn more about Indivisible and volunteer opportunities available in several states.
Leaders We Deserve is a grassroots organization dedicated to electing young progressives to Congress and State Legislatures across the country to help defeat the far-right agenda and advance a progressive vision for the future.
The League of Women Voters of the United States encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
The Lincoln Project is a leading pro-democracy organization in the United States — dedicated to the preservation, protection, and defense of democracy. The Lincoln Project launched with two stated objectives. The first was to defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box. The second was to ensure Trumpism failed alongside him. As we have seen, our fight against Trumpism is only beginning. We must combat these forces everywhere and at all times. Our democracy depends on it.
Learn more about The Lincoln Project and available volunteer opportunities.
People For the American Way Foundation conducts research, legal, and education work on behalf of First Amendment freedoms and democratic values; monitors, exposes, and challenges the Religious Right movement and its political allies; identifies, trains, and supports the next generation of progressive leaders through its Young People For youth leadership programs and its Young Elected Officials Network; and carries out nonpartisan voter education, registration, civic participation, and election protection activities.
Project Vote is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded on the belief that an organized, diverse electorate is the key to a better America. Project Vote’s mission is to build an electorate that accurately represents the diversity of this nation’s citizenry, and to ensure that every eligible citizen can register, vote, and cast a ballot that counts.
Project Vote Smart offers services and programs for political journalists to enhance their coverage of politics and elections. The Project partners with more than 300 national, state, and local news organizations, all endorsing Project programs. In addition to comprehensive databases on more than 40,000 candidates and incumbents, the Project provides journalists with special research services and publications. We devote considerable effort to researching information about all candidates for presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and state legislative office and elected officials. Voters thus have access to unbiased information on candidates as well as those serving in elected positions.
Learn more about Project Vote Smart and available volunteer opportunities.
The Public Citizen Foundation supports Public Citizen’s education, litigation, research, and public information activities. Public Citizen is a national consumer advocacy organization founded in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts. Public Citizen fights for openness and democratic accountability in government, for the right of consumers to seek redress in the courts; for clean, safe and sustainable energy sources; for social and economic justice in trade policies; for strong health, safety and environmental protections; and for safe, effective and affordable prescription drugs and health care.
Learn more about Public Citizen and available opportunities.
Rideshare2Vote was created to increase the voice and power of people by expanding their civic engagement and voting rights. We have created a voter touch outreach field program that includes our transportation service specifically for Democratic and progressive voters. Rideshare2Vote focuses our work in disenfranchised communities; voting for the first time; who are not voting in every election; that are disabled; living in poverty and who are elderly.
Learn more about Rideshare2Vote and available volunteer opportunities.
Fusing pop culture, politics, and technology, Rock the Vote works to mobilize the millennial voting bloc and the youth vote, protect voting rights, and advocate for an electoral process and voting system that works for the 21st century electorate. For almost 25 years, Rock the Vote has pioneered ways to make voting easier by simplifying and demystifying voter registration and elections for young adults.
Learn more about Rock the Vote and available volunteer opportunities.
The Andrew Goodman Foundation makes young voices and votes a powerful force in democracy. Our ability to spark their passion — today — will result in change, tomorrow. The Andrew Goodman Foundation supports youth leadership development, voting accessibility, and social justice initiatives on campuses across the country with mini-grants to select institutions of higher learning and other financial assistance to students.
Our vision is that young people will become active, engaged citizens who ensure a just democracy and sustainable future. Join us during this critical time for American democracy and help shape the next generation of civic leaders.
Learn more about The Andrew Goodman Foundation and available volunteer opportunities.
The Center for Public Integrity is dedicated to producing original, responsible investigative journalism on issues of public concern. The mission of the Center for Public Integrity is to protect democracy and inspire change using investigative reporting that exposes betrayals of the public trust by powerful interests. To pursue its mission, the Center generates high-quality, accessible investigative reports, databases, and contextual analysis on issues of public importance; disseminates work to journalists, policymakers, scholars, and citizens using a combination of digital, electronic, and print media; and educates, engages, and empowers citizens with the tools and skills they need to hold government and other private institutions accountable.
The Civics Center is dedicated to building the foundations of youth civic engagement and voter participation in high schools through education, organizing, and advocacy. We support student-led, peer-to-peer voter registration and pre-registration efforts in high school communities.
Learn more about The Civics Center and available volunteer opportunities.
TurnUp is non-profit organization and mobile app that comprises the largest youth-led voter registration and turnout initiative. TurnUp’s 2024 election engagement plans include four integrated programs that work together to increase youth voter registration and turnout: physical registration and turnout drives; relational registration and turnout drives; grassroots organizing; and digital campaigns. TurnUp has Volunteer and Internship positions for high school, college, and recent graduates.
VoteRiders is a non-partisan, non-profit organization with a mission to ensure that all citizens are able to exercise their freedom to vote. VoteRiders informs and helps citizens to secure their voter ID as well as inspires and supports organizations, local volunteers, and communities to sustain voter ID education and assistance efforts. VoteRiders offers a variety of volunteer options including virtual and on the ground positions.
When We All Vote is a leading national, nonpartisan initiative on a mission to change the culture around voting and to increase participation in each and every election by helping to close the race and age gap. Created by Michelle Obama, When We All Vote brings together individuals, institutions, brands, and organizations to register new voters across the country and advance civic education for the entire family and voters of every age to build an informed and engaged electorate for today and generations to come. We empower our supporters and volunteers to take action through voting, advocating for their rights, and holding their elected officials accountable.
Learn more about When We All Vote and available volunteer opportunities.
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Dear Friend,
Dear Friend,
THIS Tuesday, September 30, 9 AM – 10:00 AM in collaboration with the sponsors, UCLA Nazarian Ctr.for Israel Studies, UC Berkeley Diller Inst. for Israel Studies, and UCLA Ctr. for Middle East Development we welcome Israeli PM (fmr) Ehud Olmert and Minister of Foreign Affairs (fmr), Palestinian Authority, Nasser Al-Kidwa, who will be in conversation with Professors Steven E. Zipperstein (UCLA) and Kenneth Bamberger (UC Berkeley) on the topic: “30 Years Since Oslo: Why Did the Accords Fail and Can the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process be Salvaged?” (Register Here)
JUDJ’s program this past Thursday with UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk was featured in various articles, including those which appeared in Politico, The Jewish Insider and the Los Angeles Times. Below is an excerpt from one of the published articles. You can watch the program at THIS link.
Los Angeles TImes
September 27, 2025
Jaweed Kaleem
UCLA takes firm stance on demands
UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk says the university will address “valid” concerns of the Trump administration and be “fully compliant” with the law, but will defend the campus against federal civil rights investigations and funding suspensions.
In a wide-ranging online appearance Thursday evening hosted by a Los Angeles-based Jewish civic group, Frenk said the University of California was still considering suing the Trump administration over its August demand that UCLA pay a $1.2-billion fine and make sweeping changes in its diversity programs, admissions practices and policies governing international students and gender identity on campus.
But, for now, he said, UC officials are negotiating with the Department of Justice and will staunchly uphold core academic freedoms to “assure that there’s no government interference in who we hire, who we admit, and what we teach or research.”
Making his first extensive public remarks on a nearly two-month saga that has shaken the UC system over possible wider federal actions and funding clawbacks, Frenk said he was not “directly” involved in government talks and had no “visibility” into how long the process would take.
But he said he was taking firm actions against antisemitism allegations at UCLA. “We believe in talking and trying to make our case, where we try to demonstrate that we are serious about fighting antisemitism, that suspending research is not a way to deal with that problem,” Frenk said.
Jews United for Democracy and Justice hosted the event, titled, “Can America’s universities survive the current assault?” The group formed during President Trump’s first term in response to travel bans that initially targeted Muslim-majority nations after the president promised to ban all immigration of Muslims to the U.S.
On its website, the organization, whose leadership includes former Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and former Congressman Mel Levine, says it responds to “rising threats to religious tolerance, equal rights, a free and fair press, human dignity, and long-held norms of decency and civil society.”
(To continue reading, click here)
FORWARD/Opinion
Rob Eshman
September 17, 2025
Israel’s Central Covenant with Jews is in Peril Like Never Before
Somewhere amid the rubble of Gaza City, amid the bodies of dead Palestinians and the screams of survivors, we know there are Israeli hostages whose lives, at this point, hang by a thread.
I weep for the country that would let them die.
On the kibbutzim in the nearby Gaza envelope — the site of the vicious Oct. 7 Hamas attack that precipitated the current war — residents can feel their own homes shake when the Israeli bombs drop.
Imagine what the Israeli hostages in Gaza City, now under a fresh ground assault, feel.
“We hear the bombings on our children and cannot sit at home,” Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is still among the hostages, wrote on X. “We are fighting for life, for the fallen, for an entire country.”
(To continue reading, click here)
Dear Friend,
If you missed today’s program featuring Chancellor Julio Frenk in conversation with Larry Mantle, you can watch the program at THIS PAST EVENTS LINK. The program will post a few hours after it ends. Starting Friday morning, you can listen AT THIS PODCAST LINK
Next Tuesday, September 30, 10 – 11:30 AM in collaboration with the sponsors, UCLA Nazarian Ctr.for Israel Studies, UC Berkeley Diller Inst. for Israel Studies, and UCLA Ctr. for Middle East Development we welcome Israeli PM (fmr) Ehud Olmert and Minister of Foreign Affairs (fmr), Palestinian Authority, Nasser Al-Kidwa, who will be in conversation with Professors Steven E. Zipperstein (UCLA) and Kenneth Bamberger (UC Berkeley) on the topic: “30 Years Since Oslo: Why Did the Accords Fail and Can the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process be Salvaged?” (Register Here)
FORWARD/Opinion
Rob Eshman
September 17, 2025
Israel’s Central Covenant with Jews is in Peril Like Never Before
Somewhere amid the rubble of Gaza City, amid the bodies of dead Palestinians and the screams of survivors, we know there are Israeli hostages whose lives, at this point, hang by a thread.
I weep for the country that would let them die.
On the kibbutzim in the nearby Gaza envelope — the site of the vicious Oct. 7 Hamas attack that precipitated the current war — residents can feel their own homes shake when the Israeli bombs drop.
Imagine what the Israeli hostages in Gaza City, now under a fresh ground assault, feel.
“We hear the bombings on our children and cannot sit at home,” Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is still among the hostages, wrote on X. “We are fighting for life, for the fallen, for an entire country.”
(To continue reading, click here)
The Atlantic
David Frum
September 21, 2025
Trump Might Be Losing His Race Against Time
The president is gambling that he can consolidate authority before the public turns too sharply against him.
President Donald Trump is worried that Attorney General Pam Bondi is moving too slowly to prosecute his political adversaries on fake charges. Trump has good reason to be concerned. He is carrying out his project to consolidate authoritarian power against the trend of declining public support for his administration and himself. He is like a man trying to race upward on a downward-moving escalator. If he loses the race, he will be pulled ever deeper below—and the escalator keeps moving faster against him.
Autocracies are headed by one man but require the cooperation of many others. Some collaborators may sincerely share the autocrat’s goals, but opportunists provide a crucial margin of support. In the United States, such people now have to make a difficult calculation: Do the present benefits of submitting to Trump’s will outweigh the future hazards?
(To continue reading, click here)
Dear Friend,
This THURSDAY, September 25 at 5 PM, we welcome UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk, who will be in conversation with Larry Mantle (see bios below) on the topic: “CAN AMERICA’S UNIVERSITIES SURVIVE THE CURRENT ASSAULT? “
Julio Frenk — a leading global health researcher who has held positions in government and academia, both in the U.S. and Mexico— became UCLA’s seventh chancellor on January 1, 2025. Before joiningUCLA, Frenk served as the president of the University of Miami and as dean ofthe Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. As federal secretary of healthof Mexico, Frenk implemented a groundbreaking program that expanded access tohealthcare to over 55 million uninsured individuals. Frenk was the founding director-general of Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health and has held senior roles at the World Health Organization and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Chancellor Frenk earned his MD from the National University of Mexico, as well as a master of public health and a joint Ph.D. in medical care organization and sociology from the University of Michigan.
Larry Mantle is an American radio talk show host and journalist on the Southern California NPR station, LAist (formerly KPCC). Mantle hosts AirTalk with Larry Mantle, which is the longest running daily talk show currently on Los Angeles radio It has been on the air since April 1, 1985.
WSJ/Opinion
The Editorial Board
September 21, 2025
Ted Cruz’s Finest Hour
The Texas Republican Senator criticizes Brendan Carr’s ‘mafioso’ threats.
Most Republicans are afraid of uttering even a syllable of disapproval about the Trump Administration, so kudos to Ted Cruz for noticing the danger from Brendan Carr’s use of regulatory threats to stifle free speech.
The Texas Senator used his podcast on Friday to criticize Mr. Carr, who runs the Federal Communications Commission, for his threats against Disney, its ABC network and its station affiliates if they didn’t punish Jimmy Kimmel. Disney then pulled the late-night host off the air “indefinitely.”
Mr. Carr “says, ‘We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way,’” Mr. Cruz told his listeners, quoting Mr. Carr. “That’s right out of ‘Goodfellas.’ That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘Nice bar you have here. It’d be a shame if something happened to it.’”
The Senator added that he’s no fan of Mr. Kimmel, but he warned conservatives that government power abused in this way won’t hurt only the left. “What [Mr. Carr] said there is dangerous as hell,” Mr. Cruz continued. “It might feel good right now to threaten Jimmy Kimmel, but when it is used to silence every conservative in America, we will regret it.”
(To continue reading, click here)
Dear Friend,
If you missed today’s program featuring David Frum in conversation with Patt Morrison, you can watch the program at THIS PAST EVENTS LINK. The program will post a few hours after it ends. Starting Thursday morning, you can listen AT THIS PODCAST LINK.
Next THURSDAY, September 25 at 5 PM, we welcome Julio Frenk, who will be in conversation with Larry Mantle (see bios below) on the topic: “CAN AMERICA’S UNIVERSITIES SURVIVE THE CURRENT ASSAULT? A CONVERSATION WITH UCLA CHANCELLOR JULIO FRENK”
Julio Frenk — a leading global health researcher who has held positions in government and academia, both in the U.S. and Mexico— became UCLA’s seventh chancellor on January 1, 2025. Before joiningUCLA, Frenk served as the president of the University of Miami and as dean ofthe Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. As federal secretary of healthof Mexico, Frenk implemented a groundbreaking program that expanded access tohealthcare to over 55 million uninsured individuals. Frenk was the founding director-general of Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health and has held senior roles at the World Health Organization and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Chancellor Frenk earned his MD from the National University of Mexico, as well as a master of public health and a joint Ph.D. in medical care organization and sociology from the University of Michigan.
Larry Mantle has been the host of AirTalk with Larry Mantle on NPR-member station LAist, 89.3 FM, since April 1st,1985. AirTalk is the longest-running daily talk show in Southern California.
The Contrarian on Substack
Jennifer Rubin
September 12, 2025
Undaunted from the Bench
Sotomayor pulls back the curtain on MAGA Supreme Court hackery
The six MAGA justices on the Supreme Court have obliterated the notion that they are impartial jurists bound by precedent. This week, Justice Sonia Sotomayor did a magnificent job stripping away the veneer of legitimacy they have tried to sustain. In dissenting from a widely criticized emergency docket decision running roughshod over the 4th Amendment and effectively green light racial profiling, Sotomayor let it rip.
She explained: “A Federal District Court found that these raids were part of a pattern of conduct by the Government that likely violated the Fourth Amendment. Based on the evidence before it, the court held that the Government was stopping individuals based solely on four factors: (1) their apparent race or ethnicity; (2) whether they spoke Spanish or English with an accent; (3) the type of location at which they were found(such as a car wash or bus stop); and (4) the type of job they appeared to work. Concluding that stops based on these four factors alone, even when taken together, could not satisfy the Fourth Amendment’s requirement of reasonable suspicion, the District Court temporarily enjoined the Government from continuing its pattern of unlawful mass arrests while it considered whether longer-term relief was appropriate.”
Instead of allowing the litigation to proceed, the Supreme Court leapt into the fray and—without briefing, argument, or explanation—summarily stayed the order. “That decision is yet another grave misuse of our emergency docket,” Sotomayor wrote.
(To continue reading, click HERE)
The Atlantic
Elaine Godfrey and Russell Berman
September 13, 2025
What If This Is a Turning Point?
Charlie Kirk’s closest allies will help determine whether the next few weeks bring confrontation, de-escalation, or something in between.
When Tyler Bowyer logged on to Benny Johnson’s X livestream on Thursday morning, pieces of tissue were stuck to the stubble on his unshaven face. Bowyer, the chief operating officer of Turning Point Action, had clearly been crying. Just a few hours before, he’d seen a video of his close friend and colleague Charlie Kirk being fatally shot in the neck.
“What he would want more than anything is for people to channel their anger into proper activism,” Bowyer told Johnson, a few minutes later advising viewers: “Consider yesterday that moment—that turning point
This was not a gathering of individuals known for levelheadedness. Johnson is widely regarded as a far-right provocateur, and Bowyer was one of 11 people charged in the 2020 fake-elector plot in Arizona. But the explicit calls for nonviolence coming from some of those who were particularly close to Kirk is noteworthy and meaningful in a moment when others on the political right, including elected officials, are not being equally careful with their words. Asked on Fox News yesterday morning how to address political violence, President Donald Trump did not seize the chance to lower the temperature…. (To continue reading, click HERE)
Dear Friend,
This Wednesday, September 17 at 5 PM, we welcome David Frum, who will be in conversation with Patt Morisson (see bios below) on the topic: “AMERICA’S DEMOCRACY: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?”
David Frum is a Canadian-American political commentator and a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, who is currently a senior editor at The Atlantic as well as an MSNBC contributor. In his recent book, “Trumpocalypse,” David Frum looks at what happens when a third of the electorate refuses to abandon Donald Trump, no matter what he does. Those voters aren’t looking for policy wins. They’re seeking cultural revenge.
Patt Morrison has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes as a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist. As a public television and radio broadcaster, she has won six Emmys and a dozen Golden Mike awards. Her first book, “Rio LA,” about the Los Angeles River, was a bestseller. Her most recent book is “Don’t Stop the Presses! Truth, Justice, and the American Newspaper.”
The Atlantic
Elaine Godfrey and Russell Berman
September 13, 2025
What If This Is a Turning Point?
Charlie Kirk’s closest allies will help determine whether the next few weeks bring confrontation, de-escalation, or something in between.
When Tyler Bowyer logged on to Benny Johnson’s X livestream on Thursday morning, pieces of tissue were stuck to the stubble on his unshaven face. Bowyer, the chief operating officer of Turning Point Action, had clearly been crying. Just a few hours before, he’d seen a video of his close friend and colleague Charlie Kirk being fatally shot in the neck.
“What he would want more than anything is for people to channel their anger into proper activism,” Bowyer told Johnson, a few minutes later advising viewers: “Consider yesterday that moment—that turning point
This was not a gathering of individuals known for levelheadedness. Johnson is widely regarded as a far-right provocateur, and Bowyer was one of 11 people charged in the 2020 fake-elector plot in Arizona. But the explicit calls for nonviolence coming from some of those who were particularly close to Kirk is noteworthy and meaningful in a moment when others on the political right, including elected officials, are not being equally careful with their words. Asked on Fox News yesterday morning how to address political violence, President Donald Trump did not seize the chance to lower the temperature…. (To continue reading, click HERE)
The Times of Israel/The Blogs
Yossi Klein Halevi
September 7, 2025
Our season of reckoning: Israel’s moral crossroads in Gaza
Jews face some of the most complex dilemmas in our history and one-dimensional voices must not be allowed to determine the discourse
As we head into the Jewish season of self-reckoning, many of us are struggling to make moral sense of this new era that began on October 7.
To be an ambivalent Jew today is not to be uncertain so much as torn between conflicting certainties. We know Israel’s war against Iran and its proxies is unavoidable. We know any nation in our place would have reacted to Hamas’s mass atrocities as we did. We know we face an enemy willing to commit any crime and that the IDF is fighting under conditions that would test the moral limits of any army. We know the young Israelis who have fought for months, many for nearly two years, are among the most heroic and self-sacrificing this country has produced. We know Israel is subject to a relentless campaign of lies, half-truths, distortions and convenient omissions. We know the outrageous accusation of genocide against Israel only diverts the world’s focus from radical Islamism, the truly genocidal side in this conflict.
But we also know that something has gone very wrong in Gaza. That two years of fighting the most brutal war in Israel’s history has inevitably affected the standards and behavior of parts of the IDF (though we don’t yet know to what extent). That the Netanyahu government, a coalition of the fanatical and the corrupt, is disgracing the Jewish state. That, if implemented, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s chilling description of the goals of this next phase of the war – total destruction and mass emigration of Palestinians – will implicate us in a war crime. That once-marginal fanatics among the settler community are protected by government patrons as they burn and injure and occasionally kill. That even as our nightmares return and Jews around the world face a familiar hatred hiding behind a new name, we are no longer innocent.
(To continue reading, click HERE)
The Washington Post
Editorial Board
September 9, 2025
The Troubling Rise of Inhumane Detention Centers
Immigration enforcement can be aggressive without being cruel
The One Big Beautiful Bill that Congress passed in July included $45 billion for immigration detention facilities. This more than tripled the detention budget for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, surpassing allocations for the entire federal prison system.
So it’s fair to say the Trump administration has the resources to address alarming conditions in the federal detention system. Yet it seems to have little interest in improving the appalling treatment of immigrants.
Unlike prisons for criminals, immigration detention facilities are not supposed to be punitive. They’re meant to provide temporary beds for people whose immigration status is under review in court. Yet for years, many of these centers have kept detainees in unacceptably poor conditions. A 2024 investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general uncovered mold in showers, nonfunctioning toilets and broken sinks, among other unsanitary amenities. It also revealed staff shortages that made it difficult for detainees to receive medical care and other essential services.n about three weeks, the government’s funding will run out. Democrats will face a choice: Join Republicans to fund a government that President Trump is turning into a tool of authoritarian takeover and vengeance or shut the government down.
Dear Friend,
If you missed today’s program featuring Aluf Benn in conversation with Warren Olney, you can watch the program at THIS PAST EVENTS LINK. The program will post a few hours after it ends. Starting Friday morning, you can listen AT THIS PODCAST LINK.
Next Wednesday, September 17 at 5 pm, we welcome David Frum, who will be in conversation with Patt Morisson (see bios below) on the topic: “AMERICA’S DEMOCRACY: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?”
David Frum is a Canadian-American political commentator and a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, who is currently a senior editor at The Atlantic as well as an MSNBC contributor. In his recent book, “Trumpocalypse,” David Frum looks at what happens when a third of the electorate refuses to abandon Donald Trump, no matter what he does. Those voters aren’t looking for policy wins. They’re seeking cultural revenge.
Patt Morrison has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes as a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist. As a public television and radio broadcaster, she has won six Emmys and a dozen Golden Mike awards. Her first book, “Rio LA,” about the Los Angeles River, was a bestseller. Her most recent book is “Don’t Stop the Presses! Truth, Justice, and the American Newspaper.”
The Times of Israel/The Blogs
Yossi Klein Halevi
September 7, 2025
Our season of reckoning: Israel’s moral crossroads in Gaza
Jews face some of the most complex dilemmas in our history and one-dimensional voices must not be allowed to determine the discourse
As we head into the Jewish season of self-reckoning, many of us are struggling to make moral sense of this new era that began on October 7.
To be an ambivalent Jew today is not to be uncertain so much as torn between conflicting certainties. We know Israel’s war against Iran and its proxies is unavoidable. We know any nation in our place would have reacted to Hamas’s mass atrocities as we did. We know we face an enemy willing to commit any crime and that the IDF is fighting under conditions that would test the moral limits of any army. We know the young Israelis who have fought for months, many for nearly two years, are among the most heroic and self-sacrificing this country has produced. We know Israel is subject to a relentless campaign of lies, half-truths, distortions and convenient omissions. We know the outrageous accusation of genocide against Israel only diverts the world’s focus from radical Islamism, the truly genocidal side in this conflict.
But we also know that something has gone very wrong in Gaza. That two years of fighting the most brutal war in Israel’s history has inevitably affected the standards and behavior of parts of the IDF (though we don’t yet know to what extent). That the Netanyahu government, a coalition of the fanatical and the corrupt, is disgracing the Jewish state. That, if implemented, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s chilling description of the goals of this next phase of the war – total destruction and mass emigration of Palestinians – will implicate us in a war crime. That once-marginal fanatics among the settler community are protected by government patrons as they burn and injure and occasionally kill. That even as our nightmares return and Jews around the world face a familiar hatred hiding behind a new name, we are no longer innocent.
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The Washington Post
Editorial Board
September 9, 2025
The Troubling Rise of Inhumane Detention Centers
Immigration enforcement can be aggressive without being cruel
The One Big Beautiful Bill that Congress passed in July included $45 billion for immigration detention facilities. This more than tripled the detention budget for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, surpassing allocations for the entire federal prison system.
So it’s fair to say the Trump administration has the resources to address alarming conditions in the federal detention system. Yet it seems to have little interest in improving the appalling treatment of immigrants.
Unlike prisons for criminals, immigration detention facilities are not supposed to be punitive. They’re meant to provide temporary beds for people whose immigration status is under review in court. Yet for years, many of these centers have kept detainees in unacceptably poor conditions. A 2024 investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general uncovered mold in showers, nonfunctioning toilets and broken sinks, among other unsanitary amenities. It also revealed staff shortages that made it difficult for detainees to receive medical care and other essential services.n about three weeks, the government’s funding will run out. Democrats will face a choice: Join Republicans to fund a government that President Trump is turning into a tool of authoritarian takeover and vengeance or shut the government down.
Dear Friend,
TOMORROW, Thursday, September 11 at 5 pm, we welcome Aluf Benn, who will be in conversation with Warren Olney (see bios below) on the topic: “ISRAEL IN CRISIS: CAN THE TWO STATE SOLUTION BE RESURRECTED?”
Aluf Benn has been the Editor in Chief of Haaretz, the longest-running newspaper currently in print in Israel, since 2011. Benn holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a degree from Tel Aviv University. At Haaretz, Benn has served as an investigative reporter and head of the news division. His articles have been published in a variety of international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs, and Newsweek.
Warren Olney was the host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated weekday afternoon program “To the Point.” Olney and his programs have been honored with nearly 40 national, regional, and local awards for broadcast excellence.
The Washington Post
Editorial Board
September 9, 2025
The Troubling Rise of Inhumane Detention Centers
Immigration enforcement can be aggressive without being cruel
The One Big Beautiful Bill that Congress passed in July included $45 billion for immigration detention facilities. This more than tripled the detention budget for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, surpassing allocations for the entire federal prison system.
So it’s fair to say the Trump administration has the resources to address alarming conditions in the federal detention system. Yet it seems to have little interest in improving the appalling treatment of immigrants.
Unlike prisons for criminals, immigration detention facilities are not supposed to be punitive. They’re meant to provide temporary beds for people whose immigration status is under review in court. Yet for years, many of these centers have kept detainees in unacceptably poor conditions. A 2024 investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general uncovered mold in showers, nonfunctioning toilets and broken sinks, among other unsanitary amenities. It also revealed staff shortages that made it difficult for detainees to receive medical care and other essential services.n about three weeks, the government’s funding will run out. Democrats will face a choice: Join Republicans to fund a government that President Trump is turning into a tool of authoritarian takeover and vengeance or shut the government down.
(To continue reading, click HERE)
New York Times/Opinion
Ezra Klien
September 7, 2025
Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
In about three weeks, the government’s funding will run out. Democrats will face a choice: Join Republicans to fund a government that President Trump is turning into a tool of authoritarian takeover and vengeance or shut the government down.
Democrats faced a version of this choice back in March. DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, was chain-sawing its way through the government. Civil servants were being fired left and right. Government grants and payments were being choked off and reworked into tools of political power and punishment. Trump was signing executive orders demanding the investigation — I would say, the persecution — of his enemies. He had announced shocking tariffs on Mexico and Canada. We were in the muzzle velocity stage of this presidency. And Democrats seemed completely overwhelmed and outmatched.
I often heard people complain that Democrats lacked a message. What Democrats really lacked was power. They didn’t have the House or the Senate, but they did have one sliver of leverage: To fund the government, Senate Republicans needed Democratic votes. And not just one or two. They needed at least seven Democrats to reach that magic 60-vote threshold. House Democrats wanted a shutdown. But Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Senate Democrats, didn’t. He voted for the funding bill and encouraged a crucial number of his colleagues to do the same. The bill passed.
To many Democrats, this seemed insane. Some began openly calling for Schumer to resign or face a primary challenge. This was Democrats’ first real opportunity to fight back against Trump, and they had folded. What were they good for?
Dear Friend,
This Thursday, September 11 at 5 pm, we welcome Aluf Benn, who will be in conversation with Warren Olney (see bios below) on the topic: “ISRAEL IN CRISIS: CAN THE TWO STATE SOLUTION BE RESURRECTED?”
Aluf Benn has been the Editor in Chief of Haaretz, the longest-running newspaper currently in print in Israel, since 2011. Benn holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a degree from Tel Aviv University. At Haaretz, Benn has served as an investigative reporter and head of the news division. His articles have been published in a variety of international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs, and Newsweek.
Warren Olney was the host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated weekday afternoon program “To the Point.” Olney and his programs have been honored with nearly 40 national, regional, and local awards for broadcast excellence.
New York Times/Opinion
Ezra Klien
September 7, 2025
Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
In about three weeks, the government’s funding will run out. Democrats will face a choice: Join Republicans to fund a government that President Trump is turning into a tool of authoritarian takeover and vengeance or shut the government down.
Democrats faced a version of this choice back in March. DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, was chain-sawing its way through the government. Civil servants were being fired left and right. Government grants and payments were being choked off and reworked into tools of political power and punishment. Trump was signing executive orders demanding the investigation — I would say, the persecution — of his enemies. He had announced shocking tariffs on Mexico and Canada. We were in the muzzle velocity stage of this presidency. And Democrats seemed completely overwhelmed and outmatched.
I often heard people complain that Democrats lacked a message. What Democrats really lacked was power. They didn’t have the House or the Senate, but they did have one sliver of leverage: To fund the government, Senate Republicans needed Democratic votes. And not just one or two. They needed at least seven Democrats to reach that magic 60-vote threshold. House Democrats wanted a shutdown. But Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Senate Democrats, didn’t. He voted for the funding bill and encouraged a crucial number of his colleagues to do the same. The bill passed.
To many Democrats, this seemed insane. Some began openly calling for Schumer to resign or face a primary challenge. This was Democrats’ first real opportunity to fight back against Trump, and they had folded. What were they good for?
Dear Friend,
This Thursday, September 11 at 5 pm, we welcome Aluf Benn, who will be in conversation with Warren Olney (see bios below) on the topic: “ISRAEL IN CRISIS: CAN THE TWO STATE SOLUTION BE RESURRECTED?”
Aluf Benn has been the Editor in Chief of Haaretz, the longest-running newspaper currently in print in Israel, since 2011. Benn holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a degree from Tel Aviv University. At Haaretz, Benn has served as an investigative reporter and head of the news division. His articles have been published in a variety of international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs, and Newsweek.
Warren Olney was the host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated weekday afternoon program “To the Point.” Olney and his programs have been honored with nearly 40 national, regional, and local awards for broadcast excellence.
New York Times/Opinion
Ezra Klien
September 7, 2025
Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
In about three weeks, the government’s funding will run out. Democrats will face a choice: Join Republicans to fund a government that President Trump is turning into a tool of authoritarian takeover and vengeance or shut the government down.
Democrats faced a version of this choice back in March. DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, was chain-sawing its way through the government. Civil servants were being fired left and right. Government grants and payments were being choked off and reworked into tools of political power and punishment. Trump was signing executive orders demanding the investigation — I would say, the persecution — of his enemies. He had announced shocking tariffs on Mexico and Canada. We were in the muzzle velocity stage of this presidency. And Democrats seemed completely overwhelmed and outmatched.
I often heard people complain that Democrats lacked a message. What Democrats really lacked was power. They didn’t have the House or the Senate, but they did have one sliver of leverage: To fund the government, Senate Republicans needed Democratic votes. And not just one or two. They needed at least seven Democrats to reach that magic 60-vote threshold. House Democrats wanted a shutdown. But Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Senate Democrats, didn’t. He voted for the funding bill and encouraged a crucial number of his colleagues to do the same. The bill passed.
To many Democrats, this seemed insane. Some began openly calling for Schumer to resign or face a primary challenge. This was Democrats’ first real opportunity to fight back against Trump, and they had folded. What were they good for?
Dear Friend,
If you missed today’s program featuring Mary Ziegler in conversation with Patt Morrison, you can watch the program at THIS PAST EVENTS LINK. The program will post a few hours after it ends. Starting Thursday morning, you can listen AT THIS PODCAST LINK
Next Thursday, September 11 at 5 pm, we welcome Aluf Benn, who will be in conversation with Warren Olney (see bios below) on the topic: “ISRAEL IN CRISIS: CAN THE TWO STATE SOLUTION BE RESURRECTED?”
Aluf Benn has been the Editor in Chief of Haaretz, the longest-running newspaper currently in print in Israel, since 2011. Benn holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a degree from Tel Aviv University. At Haaretz, Benn has served as an investigative reporter and head of the news division. His articles have been published in a variety of international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs, and Newsweek.
Warren Olney was the host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated weekday afternoon program “To the Point.” Olney and his programs have been honored with nearly 40 national, regional, and local awards for broadcast excellence.
BREAKING NEWS: JUST RELEASED OPINION BY THE 5TH CIRCUIT
Washington Post
Opinion
September 3, 2025
4:00 pm Pacific
Conservative court blocks Trump’s abuse of Alien Enemies Act…
For now.
The president won a mandate to stop illegal immigration, but this gambit was an overreach. Shouldn’t Be Fighting America’s Culture Wars
President Donald Trump called a federal court “Highly Partisan” after it ruled against his tariffs last Friday. Indeed, Democrats have nominated more than twice as many judges to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as Republicans have.
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 unlocks sweeping powers for a president when there is an “invasion or predatory incursion” — actual or threatened — by a foreign nation. Trump invoked the law in March, claiming an invasion by Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang. The government swiftly flew people it said were gangsters from the United States to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
No president had ever used the Alien Enemies Act outside of a congressionally-declared war, and Trump’s use of the law prompted a series of legal fights. The Supreme Court ordered the administration to halt its summary deportations and respect due process but also told the Fifth Circuit to consider the case in more detail.
After looking it over, the panel concluded that the activities of Tren de Aragua could not trigger the Alien Enemies Act because illegal immigration and crime are distinct from the military activities.
(To continue reading, click HERE)
Bloomberg
Troops Shouldn’t Be Fighting America’s Culture Wars
Sending armed soldiers into US streets threatens to undermine morale, distract leadership and tarnish the reputation of the world’s finest military.
August 29, 2025 :
Editorial Board
In little more than six months, the White House has sent uniformed troops into the streets of US cities more frequently and on thinner pretexts than any of its modern predecessors; it’s even proposing to create standing units available for the president to deploy domestically on short notice. Administration officials say they’re restoring law-and-order. What seems clearer is that they’re undermining the world’s finest military and endangering its sacred bond with American citizens.
At the president’s direction, more than 2,200 National Guard troops from DC and six Republican-run states, some carrying arms and driving mine-resistant armored vehicles, have taken up positions across Washington. The Pentagon has reportedly begun planning for a similar show of force in Chicago. In early June, the White House ordered thousands of other soldiers, including active-duty Marines, to deploy in Los Angeles amid protests against widespread immigration raids. Whether those orders violated laws against using the military as a domestic police force is being contested in federal court.
Even if such deployments are judged legal, though, they’re still irresponsible. Past presidents have maintained an extremely high bar for federalizing Guard troops. By contrast, the LA and DC cases risk being perceived as political stunts, meant to embarrass local Democratic officials and highlight the administration’s mass immigration crackdown. While concerns about crime in Washington are valid, addressing them will require more police, prosecutors and judges — not soldiers drawn from far-off states, as Mayor Muriel Bowser noted this week. Troops themselves have had little to do and those in LA have largely been withdrawn.
Dear Friend,
Tomorrow at 5 pm Pacific, we welcome Mary Ziegler who will be in conversation with Patt Morrison (see bios below) on the topic:
“THE POLITICS OF CONTROL: ABORTION, POWER, AND HOW ABORTION SHAPES AMERICAN POLITICS” (Register Here).
Mary Ziegler is a Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law and a leading legal historian specializing in the struggle over reproductive health policy in the United States from 1945 to the present. A 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, she is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the history of the U.S. abortion debate. She is the author of seven books on reproductive rights and the law. Her most recent work, Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction, was published in May 2025.
Patt Morrison has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes as a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist. As a public television and radio broadcaster, she has won six Emmys and a dozen Golden Mike awards. Her first book, “Rio LA,” about the Los Angeles River, was a bestseller. Her most recent book is “Don’t Stop the Presses! Truth, Justice, and the American Newspaper.”
Bloomberg/Weekend Essay
By Greg Stohr
August 29, 2025
The Cracks in America’s Rule of Law Are Getting Deeper
Court battles over the administration’s sweeping use of executive power are exposing limits on how much judges can constrain the presidency.
US District Judge Myong Joun needed 88 pages to lay out his conclusions on two lawsuits accusing President Donald Trump of violating federal law by trying to shut down the Department of Education. Over the course of 30,000 words, the Boston-based judge said the administration’s plans, including the firing of 1,378 workers, would leave the agency unable to fulfill the functions Congress required when it created the department in 1979.
“The record abundantly reveals that defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the department without an authorizing statute,” the 2023 Joe Biden appointee wrote.
Joun’s May 22 decision was temporary, designed to keep the department intact and adequately staffed until courts could issue a definitive ruling. The 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals backed him: It refused to lift the order, touting Joun’s “detailed and extensive factual findings” and saying that firing so many workers even temporarily risked irreparable harm to programs the department administers.
Then the Supreme Court stepped in. In a one-paragraph order, the court put Joun’s decision on hold, letting the department oust the workers and shift responsibilities to other agencies during what will be at least a months-long legal fight. As is often the case with so-called emergency orders, the high court’s conservative majority gave no reasoning, saying nothing about Joun’s factual findings or legal conclusions — or the 3-0 appeals court decision that backed him up.
(To read more, click HERE)
Wall Street Journal/Opinion
By The Editorial Board
August 26, 2025
What if Trump Runs the Federal Reserve?
His firing of Lisa Cook shows he wants to put monetary policy under his personal control. He may succeed, but the country will live to regret it.
President Trump has long wanted to control the Federal Reserve, and on Monday night he made his power play by firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook. A central bank with even a semblance of independence may be the casualty.
Mr. Trump has resisted his itch to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell on the savvy advice that he could rattle markets and trigger an extended court battle. But Ms. Cook said Tuesday she’ll challenge her removal, so Mr. Trump will still get his legal fight in what could be a landmark case.
The Cook firing is a calculated putsch. Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte teed up the dismissal last week when he posted a criminal referral for Ms. Cook on social media. He said she may have committed mortgage fraud by claiming two different homes as primary residences on mortgage applications in 2021, which may have enabled her to get favorable loan terms.
Intentionally misrepresenting information on a mortgage application is wrong and a federal crime. But we haven’t seen the details or Ms. Cook’s explanation. There’s also a question of selective prosecution, since Mr. Pulte’s crackdown on mortgage fraud seems to be aimed only at Mr. Trump’s opponents. Ms. Cook deserves more due process than a presidential declaration of guilt on Truth Social.
The criminal referral is a threat to other Fed governors: Cut rates, or else. It is also a pretext to fire Ms. Cook “for cause.” The referral, Mr. Trump wrote to Ms. Cook, provides “sufficient reason” to believe she “exhibits the sort of gross negligence in financial transactions that calls into question your competence and trustworthiness as a financial regulator.”
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Voting Rights and Empowerment
Immigration and Asylum
Equality - Fighting Hate and Discrimination
Freedom of the Press
Voting Rights and Empowerment
CENTER FOR COMMON GROUND’S RECLAIM OUR VOTE CAMPAIGN
Ongoing voter suppression and voter list purging have been disenfranchising millions of eligible voters — especially voters of color. Reclaim Our Vote works in those voter suppression states. Our volunteers inform and mobilize voters of color to make sure they are registered and they know how to get a ballot and vote. It is a nonpartisan campaign of the nonprofit 501(c)3 Center for Common Ground.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
The League of Women Voters of the United States encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
POSTCARDS TO VOTERS
Postcards to Voters are friendly, handwritten reminders from volunteers to targeted voters giving Democrats a winning edge in close, key races coast to coast.
ROCK THE VOTE
In 1990, music executives founded Rock the Vote in response to the censorship of hip-hop and rap artists. Our first partnership, with MTV, promoted the message that “Censorship is Un-American” and activated millions of young people across the country to exercise their rights and represent their interests. For thirty years, we have continuously adapted to the changing landscapes of media, technology and culture to breakthrough and empower each new generation.
VOTE.ORG
Vote.org uses technology to simplify political engagement, increase voter turnout, and strengthen American democracy.
WHEN WE ALL VOTE
When We All Vote is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that is on a mission to increase participation in every election and close the race and age voting gap by changing the culture around voting, harnessing grassroots energy, and through strategic partnerships to reach every American.
Immigration and Asylum
ACLU
For nearly one hundred years, ACLU lawyers have been at the center of one history-making court case after another, participating in more Supreme Court cases than any other private organization. With attorneys nationwide, we handle thousands of cases each year on behalf of clients whose rights have been violated.
Bet Tzedek
Bet Tzedek attorneys and advocates help people of all communities and generations secure life’s necessities. Wherever people are in crisis, Bet Tzedek’s core services and rapid response programs provide stability and hope.
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights
CHIRLA is a California leader with the national impact made of diverse immigrant families and individuals who act as agents of social change to achieve a world with freedom of mobility, full human rights, and true participatory democracy. CHIRLA’s mission is to achieve a just society fully inclusive of immigrants.
HIAS
HIAS works around the world to protect refugees who have been forced to flee their homelands because of who they are, including ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities. For more than 130 years, HIAS has been helping refugees rebuild their lives in safety and dignity.
Public Counsel
Public Counsel is the largest pro bono law firm in the nation. We work with major law firms and corporations to change people’s futures. A staff of 71 attorneys and 50 support staff – including five social workers – along with over 5,000 volunteer lawyers, law students and legal professionals assists over 30,000 children, youth, families, and community organizations every year.
Equality - Fighting Hate and Discrimination
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE
ADL is a leading anti-hate organization. Founded in 1913 in response to an escalating climate of anti-Semitism and bigotry, its timeless mission is to protect the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all. Today, ADL continues to fight all forms of hate with the same vigor and passion. ADL is a global leader in exposing extremism and delivering anti-bias education, and is a leading organization in training law enforcement. ADL is the first call when acts of anti-Semitism occur. ADL’s ultimate goal is a world in which no group or individual suffers from bias, discrimination or hate.
BEND THE ARC
Bend the Arc is a movement of tens of thousands of progressive Jews all across the country. For years, we’ve worked to build a more just society. Now we’re rising up in solidarity with everyone threatened by the Trump agenda to fight for the soul of our nation.
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
INTEGRITY FIRST FOR AMERICA
Integrity First for America (IFA) is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to holding those accountable who threaten longstanding principles of our democracy—including our country’s commitment to civil rights and equal justice.
NAACP
Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. We have over 2,200 units and branches across the nation, along with well over 2M activists. Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.
Freedom of the Press
ACLU
For nearly one hundred years, ACLU lawyers have been at the center of one history-making court case after another, participating in more Supreme Court cases than any other private organization. With attorneys nationwide, we handle thousands of cases each year on behalf of clients whose rights have been violated.
REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press provides pro bono legal representation, amicus curiae support, and other legal resources to protect First Amendment freedoms and the newsgathering rights of journalists.