Blue Wave Blogs

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  Senate Fails to Pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act

  by Sani Field January 21, 2022

  Photo courtesy of Glen Carrie on Unsplash Merely two days after celebrating a national icon who championed the right to vote for all Americans, th...

  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • elections
  • filibuster
  • retrospective
  • voting rights

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  Everything To Fear

  by Ning Mosberger-Tang December 7, 2021

  We live in a strange and confusing time. It’s helpful to read the book Nothing to Fear, FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Create...

  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • elections
  • filibuster
  • For The People Act
  • HR1/S1
  • voting rights

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  2021 Election Night Reflection

  by Ning Mosberger-Tang November 9, 2021

  (photo courtesy of Element5 Digital) What a night! There're some good news locally: Colorado defeated two fiscal ballot measures that conservati...

  • civil rights
  • climate crisis
  • democracy reform
  • For The People Act
  • voting rights

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  Pushing for a Stronger Democracy

  by Adrianne Middleton October 12, 2021

  Photo courtesy of Luke Stackpoole There isn’t a strong need for get-out-to-vote postcards this year, and in case you hadn’t noticed, stamps are ex...

  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • filibuster
  • For The People Act
  • gun safety legislation
  • HR1/S1
  • pandemic
  • voting rights

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  Democracy Reform: Redistricting

  by Ning Mosberger-Tang September 16, 2021

  Senators - Pass the For the People Act We have been advocating for the For the People Act (FTPA) since President Biden took office with a Democrat...

  • civil rights
  • climate crisis
  • democracy reform
  • filibuster
  • For The People Act
  • gun safety legislation
  • HR1/S1
  • pandemic
  • voting rights

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  Guest Commentary by Joe Neguse: Voting Rights Can’t Wait

  by Sani Field August 12, 2021

  The following is an Op-ed, published in Daily Camera, by Congressman Joe Neguse.  Congressman Joe Neguse A few weeks after I was first elected to...

  • Black Lives Matter
  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • HR1/S1
  • voting rights

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  Nonviolent Civil Disobedience: The Arrest of An Activist

  by Sani Field July 29, 2021

  Leah Greenberg, the Indivisible Co-Founder who spoke at our event recently, was arrested on Monday, July 19, 2021 in a non-violent direct action s...

  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • HR1/S1
  • retrospective
  • voting rights

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  Blue Wave Postcard Movement's Interview With Leah Greenberg, Co-Founder of Indivisible

  by Lisa Gillespie July 22, 2021

  The following interview was recorded during our 7/10/21 video call with Leah Greenberg, co-founder of Indivisible, who spoke to us about Deadline ...

  • abortion
  • civil rights
  • climate crisis
  • democracy reform
  • gun safety legislation
  • HR1/S1
  • voting rights
  • women's rights

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  Tips For Calling Government Officials

  by Adrianne Middleton May 6, 2021

  We’re hearing from groups like Common Cause, that GOP supporters are calling their senators 6 times more often than Dems are. Senator Bennet talke...

  • abortion
  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • HR1/S1
  • voting rights
  • women's rights

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  Hanging 10 on the Blue Wave! {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field April 29, 2021

  My Path to BWPM, by Nancy Berman On November 8, 1960, when I was five years old, my mom took me into the voting booth and let me check John F. Ken...

  • Black Lives Matter
  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • gun safety legislation
  • HR1/S1
  • pandemic
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
  • voting rights

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  President Biden's Joint Address to Congress: April 2021

  by Sani Field April 22, 2021

  President Biden should state his continued commitment to transforming our democracy and passing the For the People Act in this year’s joint addres...

  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • HR1/S1
  • voting rights

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  Blue Wave: The Latest Chapter in a Political Action Journey {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field April 15, 2021

  My name is Leslie J Yerman, and I began my political career stuffing campaign literature in mailboxes when in high school. I never imagined that mo...

  • Black Lives Matter
  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • HR1/S1
  • pandemic
  • voting rights

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