As a young U.S. Marine Corps veteran, I carry with me the values I served to protect: liberty, democracy, equality and the rights of every American. My four years in the U.S Marine Corps were driven by a desire to defend these ideals, and since gaini...

Link to photo and video clips here  PHOENIX —United for Democracy (UFD) Arizona Coalition Members Common Defense and AZ AANHPI Advocates, in partnership with Rising Youth Theater, held a Press Conference on the Arizona Capitol House Lawn this morn...

As African Americans, we live in the balance of this country’s promises: ‘government of, by, and for the people’ and ‘equal justice under law.’ We live in the precarious present, straddled between our history of absolute disenfranchisement ...

A coalition of Arizona progressive groups are calling on Congress to take swift action on proposed structural reforms they say will provide greater accountability and balance to a “broken” U.S. Supreme Court that “has been captured by dangerous...

The MAGA-captured U.S. Supreme Court is mounting attacks on LGBTQ+ Americans. President Biden just announced his court reform proposal to help stop them.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that offers presidents absolute immunity for “official acts,” protecting future presidents from prosecution for a range of illegal activity, including everything from accepting bribes ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Stasha Rhodes, Campaign Director of United for Democracy, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in Garland v. Cargill. “Today’s ruling out of the Supreme Court is reckless and dangerous. In Las ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Stasha Rhodes, Campaign Director of United for Democracy, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. “Today’s ruling preserving the availability of mifepristo...

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, ruling in favor of South Carolina’s gerrymandered maps. Stasha Rhodes, Campaign Director of United for Democracy, i...

The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a draconian abortion ban from 1864 — one of the worst in the entire nation — rolling back the clock for Arizonans 160 years to the Civil War era. This should have felt unbelievable and outrageous, except it’s no...

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, opting not to gut the CFPB’s funding structure. Stasha Rhodes, Campaign Director...

UNITED FOR DEMOCRACY, a coalition of progressive groups and labor unions, is gearing up to launch a $10 million persuasion and base activation campaign centered on “the MAGA Supreme Court.” The coalition will spend $1 million on ads in Arizona ...

Photos from the press conference can be found here and a livestream is available here.  BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA — On Saturday, May 11, Action Together NEPA partnered with Red Wine and Blue to host a press conference announcing mobilization effort...

Organizers and Leading Activists Join Calls for Congress to Fix the Broken Supreme Court  **WATCH LIVESTREAM HERE** WASHINGTON, D.C. —  On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, leading activists and organizers participated in an online event,“ Stop the Re...

As the Supreme Court continues dismantling our rights, organizers in Pennsylvania hosted a rally today of neighbors, teachers, students, advocates, workers, and community leaders to call on Congress to Stop this Supreme Court’s Relentless Power Gr...

PHOENIX, AZ. — Yesterday, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban, effectively banning all abortion throughout the state. Reverend Dr. Cathy Clardy Patterson – CEO of Empowering Arizona and Sr. Pastor of the Fountain of Life Ch...