“I work in schools, and the idea that students’ access to information about their bodies and their sexuality being limited … I don’t think it has a place in schools,” said Rachel Adams, a rally participant and member of Boston’s …
By Spectrum News Staff New York City
PUBLISHED 8:30 PM ET Oct. 17, 2023
The war in Israel continues to escalate after terror attacks from Hamas on Oct. 7 caught the country by surprise. Israel’s military has retaliated by pounding Gaza with …
The Appalachian People’s Union wants to bring people together around shared concerns. That’s the first step in creating change, says one of its organizers.
“When community organizers started knocking on doors in Boyd County, Kentucky, they were ready to listen …
“I am a proud working class Appalachian woman raised on a small tobacco farm in rural Eastern Kentucky. I come from a community where we had each other’s backs. If someone was sick, or if there was a death in …
“It feels like a nuclear bomb. It affects everybody; it’s totally rocking our ability to stay in our community, and until you experience it, you can’t imagine it,” described Tristan Call with the Bedford County Listening Project.
“I was set …
BY ATTICA SCOTT AND NORAH LAUGHTER
“We are Kentuckians who believe that everyone in our Commonwealth should be treated with dignity and respect. We reject oppressive policies like Senate Bill 150. TOP VIDEOS Progressive Kentuckians have long been on defense, …
“There are 68 days until Nov. 7th – This week Kimberly and Doug weigh in on a fairly frightening confrontation in Eastern Kentucky as well as updates on Kentucky cannabis news. Then we chat with Alex Flood with Showing Up …
“Beth Howard is the Appalachian People’s Union Director of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), which focuses on engaging White and working-class voters around racial and economic justice issues. Howard said SURJ ran the largest field program opposing Amendment 2 …
“Erin Heaney and Steve Phillips, both of the advocacy group the White Stripe Project, talked about efforts to attract white working-class voters back to the Democratic Party by discussing issues of equity and race.”
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The party needs a sober, empirically grounded analysis of what we really know—and don’t know—about how best to expand support among white voters.
“The stakes next year are too high for our standards to be so low. That’s why I …
