Vote as a Family
Get your cousins, siblings, parents, grandparents & friends to the polls. And take your kids with you too! They need to learn about the process.
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Absentee voting, or voting by mail, is easy, quick and a great way to have your voice heard.
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They are part of the system...And check your women's history...ORGANIZERS got women the vote!
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I don't know how many of you were offended by those comments, but I was. Oddly, before the other day, I didn't consider myself a community organizer. But now I'm beginning to think I am. Read More »

We applaud the visionary members of Congress – from Maryland to California – who have chosen to step up to the plate before it was politically expedient. America is in crisis and the time to act is now. People are hurting and demanding change. We urge you to visit our website where you can show your support for the plan, contact your representatives and tell them we need to invest in our economy right here at home. Read More »

We hear people talking about this issue a lot these days - energy. From the electricity that runs our computers to the gasoline in our cars, our dependence on energy and petroleum is an ever-present issue. Balancing our energy needs, our economic needs and the environmental needs of our world can get difficult. Read More »

This week Gov. Butch Otter vetoed parts of two bills to wipe out a $16.8 million investment in community-based substance-abuse treatment. He admitted that more community-based treatment is needed in Idaho but claimed there isn’t enough evidence to show that programs such as drug courts are working. In fact, an evaluation shows they are working.
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Two bills were introduced last week to create a system where Idaho voters would have to make their party preference known publicly and one of those bills would then restrict them to voting only in the party they affiliate with. They are being introduced, in part, because of threats by Republicans to sue the state if the legislature does not create a closed primary system that keeps Democrats and Independents out of voting in Republican primaries.
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When schools are forced to look to profits from junk food vending machines to make ends meet, legislators ought to be more than just concerned about bad nutrition, they ought to take responsibility for investing in schools.
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Even as legislators give away more of our tax base to powerful corporate interests, they are making it harder and harder for ordinary taxpayers to solve local problems. A constitutional amendment to add to those obstacles is being promoted as a way to "protect" taxpayers yet the pattern of tax break bills that legislators have passed show that it is anything but. Read More »