Solidarity with the Ohio Organizing Collaborative

June 15, 2026—The Democracy Alliance issued the following statement following reports that federal agents raided an office of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative and showed up at employees’ homes last week. “The Democracy Alliance condemns in the strongest possible terms last week’s FBI raid on the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a respected pro-democracy organization that for nearly two decades has helped Ohioans…Read More

Charitable Platforms Have Empowered Trump’s Attack on Dissent

Originally published by Newsweek on May 19, 2026. By Pamela Shifman and Rajasvini Bhansali  Last month, Fidelity Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, and Charles Schwab’s DAFgiving360 – three of our country’s largest sponsors of donor-advised funds – abruptly stopped processing donations to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Their decision came after the Trump Administration launched a public, highly politicized indictment against…Read More

Major Donors, Donor Networks, and Foundations Call on Fidelity, Vanguard, and Charles Schwab to Reverse Harmful Capitulation to Administration’s Politicized Attack on Southern Poverty Law Center

Today, the leaders of several of the nation’s largest philanthropic networks, foundations, and advisors along with individual donors issued the following message to the leadership of Fidelity Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, and Charles Schwab Affiliate DAFgiving360: As individual philanthropists, foundations, and organizations that advise philanthropic giving on behalf of individual donors, labor unions, and foundations whose members and clients include thousands…Read More

SCOTUS Guts the Voting Rights Act. This is a Crisis.

April 29,2026 The Democracy Alliance today issued the following statement: “Today’s Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais effectively dismantles Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, one the most hard-won achievements of the civil rights movement. It is a body-blow to our democracy and a direct attack on Black political power.  Yet, we are not surprised. The right has…Read More