There are two things we all know for sure: Love don’t come easy, and campaigns ain’t cheap. Whether you’re running for a statewide office or a school board seat, you have to run an excellent campaign. And an excellent campaign doesn’t come for free.
We're Rebranding October as Breast Cancer Awareness "Awareness" Month
It still hurts. Even six years later, my breast is still sore from when a surgeon carved it up and yanked out a couple of tumors (one was cancer, one wasn’t. Best of both worlds!). The pain comes and goes, but it has never gone away.
So let’s just say I am very aware of breast cancer. I don’t need a month to remind me.
#SaveYourSchoolBoard from Snowflake Republicans
It’s almost 2022, and Republicans nationwide are executing their favorite political play again—stir fauxrage about some random issue to get red candidates into races, voters to the polls, and grab power under the guise of “saving America’s children.” The latest issue? Critical Race Theory. The same people who think creationism belongs in schools and comprehensive sex ed doesn’t—now want to make damn sure that information about structural racism—and people of color’s perspectives on race—stay miles away from their kids’ curricula. And by highlighting the divisive vs. inclusive aspects of the theory, they’re stoking fears well beyond their base of white evangelicals--into the independent voters who handed Obama, Biden, and countless local and state Democrats their victories over the last several years. If they’re successful, they could shift the balance of power toward Republicans and harm our public schools in one fell swoop.