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A company called ShadowDragon uses its tools to pull personal information about us from hundreds of everyday websites like BabyCenter, Etsy, and Nextdoor, and hand it over to government agencies. As consumers, we say to these companies: Block mass surveillance tools like ShadowDragon's SocialNet and protect our data!
Reproductive rights champions Reps. Becca Balint, Mary Gay Scanlon and Bonnie Watson Coleman just reintroduced the Stop Comstock Act: a bill that would repeal a 150-year-old law right-wing extremists are trying to use to ban abortion nationwide. Sign now to support this bill.
The only dangerous minority in the United States is billionaires. Pledge not to buy any products or stocks from Tesla, Starlink, SpaceX, or any other of Elon Musk’s companies until he stops gutting our government institutions and enriching himself on the backs of working women and families.
Florida’s insurance regulator set a horrifying precedent that’s going overlooked: It demanded individual patient data, including names, prescription drug usage, dates of birth, and the doctors patients have seen from companies that manage prescription drugs. This is dangerous and unacceptable. Take action now.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s gerrymandered Republican majority in the state legislature are trying to make it nearly impossible for everyday people like you and I to get citizen-led measures on the ballot--and even harder to pass them. Protect direct democracy by demanding Florida lawmakers vote NO on HB 1205 and SB 7016.
Andrew Tate is wanted on charges of rape and human trafficking in the United Kingdom and under investigation for the sexual exploitation of minors in Romania. Now, he's living in a mansion in Miami waiting for his day in court thanks to Donald Trump. We say hell no! Tell AG Bondi that survivors deserve justice. Demand she extradite Tate now.
H72 and S58 would prevent AG Jeff Jackson from fighting back against Donald Trump's sexist and transphobic executive orders. Tell North Carolina lawmakers to vote NO on these bills.
Tell Attorney General Miyares to join Maryland, Delaware, and the 17 other states suing President Trump and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to stop Musk’s unchecked power to fire government employees and cut program and agency budgets. Hundreds of thousands of Virginians stand to lose their jobs, livelihoods, and health coverage.
Urge state lawmakers to pass the New Mexico Paid Family & Medical Leave Act (PFMLA). The PFMLA would provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave for workers to care for a new child, a sick family member or themselves.
Users go on dating apps looking for connection and love, only to become data gold mines for dating app companies like Tinder. Without stronger protections, our private information on these apps can be collected by data brokers, sold off, or accessed by bad actors.
Women and gender-expansive people have been chipping away at the tech gender gap for more than two decades, and we can't afford to lose that progress now. Will you join our call for Big Tech companies to maintain inclusive employment practices?
Nearly 160 million people get their health-care coverage through Medicare or Medicaid--most of them women and elderly individuals living in poverty. Privatization would put these successful programs in the hands of health insurance fat cats who care more about profits than the well-being of the American people. We can't sit by and let Oz take charge of CMS.
This baseless voter suppression bill would create unnecessary barriers to voting for people of color, young people, disabled people, transgender people and tribal voters, not to mention the TENS of MILLIONS of married women who have changed their names. Demand House members block the Save Act now.
Public education is one of our nation's most important services--the great equalizer that has helped children from lower-income homes reach the middle class--and we can't let Trump's horrible pick for secretary of education, Linda McMahon, dismantle it.
As the CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, Linda McMahon was infamous for union-busting and abusing her employees. She also allegedly looked the other way while underage boys in her employ were purportedly sexually abused by her company's ringside announcer.
Meta's recent policy overhaul provides a blank check to bad actors on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads to intimidate, harass, discriminate against, and enact violence against women and gender-expansive people, and to mislead and disinform other users.
Bondi has been working as a lobbyist for corporate fraudsters and polluters at a high-priced Florida firm. She was nominated after Trump’s first pick, former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration as the U.S. House Ethics Committee was poised to release a report that found he had regularly paid women for sex and used illicit drugs.
We need everyone to email their members of Congress now and demand that they vote NO on H.R.9495. Fill out the form on the left to automatically email your representative using our script!
The Senate could vote any day now on dangerous and unconstitutional legislation that would give the incoming Trump administration the power to unilaterally shut down any nonprofit organization it disagrees with.
As Florida's attorney general, Pam Bondi frequently defended abortion restrictions, from mandatory waiting periods to parental consent laws for teenagers. She has even fought against health insurance coverage for birth control.
Social Security is a safety net for millions of senior women and women and children with disabilities. Will you sign our petition urging Congress to do everything in their power to keep DOGE out of the Social Security Administration?
CNN is stoking the flames of hate at a dangerous time, when Islamophobia and baseless fears around Muslim activism are at a fever pitch--and when women of color leaders are increasingly attacked for speaking out, championing workplace diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and calling out the horrific violence against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
Due to pressure from correctional authorities, AB 2527, the so-called Dignified Care of Incarcerated Pregnancy Act, was amended to allow the solitary confinement of incarcerated pregnant people for up to five days. Let's be clear: This newly amended bill is not aligned with the recommendations of the United Nations, the U.S. Department of Justice, or international standards, all of which call for a complete ban on solitary confinement for pregnant people. If you live in California, please call Governor Gavin Newsom to tell him to veto this bill!
SafeSport has left hundreds of young gymnasts in the care of coaches accused of serious misconduct. Athletes are calling for better protections to prevent not just sexual abuse but physical and emotional abuse from coaches who foster an environment of fear that prevents young women and girls from reporting misconduct. Let’s have their backs!
In light of all of the evidence showing that Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have repeatedly engaged in transgressions that undermine our highest court and democracy, it is crucial that the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begin impeachment proceedings against them immediately. Have your cell phone handy and fill out the form below to call your House Representative.
Neil Gaiman, the author of bestselling novels adapted to the big screen such as Coraline and The Sandman, has been credibly accused of sexually assaulting and exploiting multiple young women whose jobs and/or housing depended on maintaining a working relationship with him. In a heartbreaking and triggering story in New York magazine, eight women shared similar and disturbingly detailed accounts of Gaiman raping them, sodomizing them, beating them with a belt, and even sexually assaulting them in front of his young son.
If the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)--a constitutional amendment–had been passed when the suffragists first introduced the concept at the turn of the 20th century, this would have saved generations of women from discrimination and heartache like the wage gap, lack of care infrastructure to fully participate in the formal workplace, attacks on our reproductive rights, and more. The good news is all of the requirements of Article 5 to establish an amendment to the Constitution have been met. Congress just needs to officially publish it!
The Comstock Act is a 150-year-old law passed when women could not vote that Republicans are resurrecting to ban all abortion care nationwide, without exceptions. Please fill out this short survey to let us know how much you know about this law.
No one should be denied life-saving care or be criminalized because of a pregnancy. Yet, companies such as T-Mobile, CVS, GM and Elevance Health have funded the MAGA Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) and its coordinated attacks on our reproductive and civil rights. Let these companies know that they are on notice!
We are still reeling from the misinformation, disinformation, and outright lies about abortion that flew out of Donald Trump’s mouth during this year’s first presidential debate, and President Joe Biden’s failure to shut them down. Once again, CNN, which hosted the debate, gave Trump free reign to spew toxic and confusing claims about exceptions to state and federal bans, abortions later in pregnancy, and "abortions after birth"--a delusional term concocted by GOP radicals. Sign the petition to tell CNN to stop platforming abortion lies!
At the end of June, we held a Zoom call with our members featuring reproductive freedom experts and activists Jodi Jacobson, Sarah Lipton-Lubet, and David Cohen. The call focused on the Comstock Act of 1873, a 150-year-old law that Republicans are trying to resurrect to ban abortion nationwide. While it was frightening to learn all the ways the far right could use this antiquated law to control us, we were also heartened to learn that bills to repeal the Comstock Act have been introduced in the House and Senate, and we are already fighting for their passage.
Harvey Weinstein is a serial sexual predator who was fairly convicted. There is no doubt he committed the crimes he is accused of. It is outrageous that survivors must endure their trauma again by re-telling their stories in another trial. That’s why we are calling on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to swiftly retry Weinstein in a trauma-informed way that takes into consideration the needs of survivors.
Anti-abortion groups used the location data of people who visited 600 Planned Parenthood clinics across 48 states and targeted them with anti-abortion ads. While this is extremely alarming, it’s not surprising. But now we have a unique opportunity to prevent Near Intelligence, the company that’s been gathering and selling our location data, from ever doing so again. We need your help to force the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to intervene on our behalf and prevent this data broker from being able to sell our location data.
Anti-abortion extremists are exploiting the Comstock Act, a draconian law from 1873 that bans the U.S. Postal Service and other carriers from mailing materials deemed “obscene.” They are using the law to prohibit the mailing of the abortion pill mifepristone or any drugs, instruments, or supplies for abortion care. The policy could also be enforced to stop medication from reaching people with HIV and AIDS, and even bar access to books that discuss women's history. As long as Congress keeps Comstock on the books, right-wing extremists will have a powerful tool to control our lives. Congress must repeal the Comstock Act immediately!
You may have heard that deepfake pornographic images of Taylor Swift went viral on X (formerly known as Twitter) last week, but you probably haven’t heard of Francesca Mani, the 15-year-old girl in New Jersey who was also a victim of deepfake porn. While the AI-generated images of Taylor Swift may have been removed, most people don’t have an army of fans who can come to their defense online. Congress can protect all of us from this abuse by passing the DEFIANCE Act, which will create a federal civil remedy for victims who are identifiable in a “digital forgery,” which is defined as a visual depiction created through the use of software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or any other computer-generated or technological means to falsely appear to be authentic. Please add your name in support of this important bill today!
Tell Facebook: Make all messages encrypted by default, and stop aiding the criminalization of abortion.
The far-right stacked Supreme Court, including three Trump-appointed justices, issued a ruling in July that grants presidents immunity for crimes committed as official acts while in office. This decision sets a dangerous precedent and is a direct affront to our democracy. Sign now to tell Congress: Pass the No Kings Act now. No president is above the law.
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