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5/5/2026 — What You Can Do This Week
JOIN OUR LIST Every week, People’s Action shares actions you can take online and with our member groups We did it. May Day 2026 went down as the most widespread May Day mobilization in U.S. history. Over 5,000 events across all 50 states, 570+ organizations, and millions of working people taking to the streets, walking out of schools, and shutting down workplaces.From…Read More
Song of the Day 5/5: Liz Phair, “Cinco de Mayo”
Cinco de Mayo, like St. Patrick’s Day, is observed more in the United States than in the country it honors, and for much the same reason: Beer. The Mexican military victory over a French army has been celebrated in the U.S. since it happened, back in 1862, but it only broke into the wider culture […] Source link delawareliberal.netRead More
Sam Sutton – Fact-checking a 152% increase in hate crimes in New York City
From January 2025 to January 2026, “hate crimes in New York City increased by 152%” hate crimes,new york city,buffer zones Source link www.politifact.comRead More
A perfect storm may be brewing in western NC
Representative Chuck Edwards is in trouble. The House Ethics Committee is investigating him for inappropriate behavior with staff. Edwards tried to wave it off as political, but an Axios story lays out serious accusations that could threaten his re-election.According to the Axios story, Edwards singled out two 20-something aides for attention. He bought both of them gifts like jewelry and…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
How Democrats can avenge the demise of the VRA
Jeffries and members of the Congressional Black Caucus last week. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty)PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️🌷🌷 Subscribe to PN 🌷🌷Last week, the Supreme Court gutted what remained of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The right-wing majority ruled that gerrymanders disenfranchising Black people and other minorities can only be ruled unconstitutional if they can be…Read More
Kuttner: Voter Suppression More likely Than a Trump Coup
From “The Real Reason to Worry About the Midterm Elections: Some worry about a November Trump coup. That’s far-fetched, but the ordinary forms of voter suppression are the greater concern” by Robert Kuttner at The American Prospect: …Trump has been desperately trying to gain control of the election machinery, so far to no avail. His executive orders trying to assert control…Read More
Forever war in Ukraine loses majority support
For the first time since Russia’s invasion in 2022, support for fighting “as long as necessary” has slipped below 50% in Ukraine according to recent polling from the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.Only 48% of respondents now support indefinite war, according to KIIS. A third of Ukrainians now say they only support another year or less of fighting, with an…Read More
Republicans Made Children More Expensive: Here’s How to Fix the Problem
The Department of Agriculture estimates that in 1960 it cost middle-income families $259,711 (in 2025 dollars) to raise a child. In 2015, it cost $414,000 (again, in 2025 dollars), an increase of over 50 percent—substantially more than median household income increased over this time period. As a result, women are having fewer children. During the 1950s and early 1960s, the…Read More
The Met Gala’s MAGA Problem
“Who would you never invite back to the Met Gala?” That’s what Late Late Show host James Corden asked Anna Wintour, then-editor-in-chief of Vogue, in 2017, during a game called “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts.” “Donald Trump,” the fashion executive answered, to thunderous applause. And although neither Trump nor his immediate family have been present at fashion’s biggest…Read More