When it comes to abortion access, an impending Trump 2.0 era is causing a lot of uncertainty. No matter where you live, experts predict that things could get complicated. Take a few deep breaths… it’s yet another reproductive rights edition.
What do we do now (again)?
Almost exactly 8 years ago, just after the first Trump victory, a group of friends got together and started asking ourselves “what now?” A mix of experienced grassroots organizers and newbies, we decided to create an accessible onramp for folks new to political activism. Our vision was always that folks would “graduate” from our newsletter and find their communities and the causes that spoke to them.
We kept this up through the first Trump presidency, and then to hold Biden accountable to his progressive promises.
Today we’re back where we started, asking every one of you to take a handful of small steps to safeguard our democracy. Not one of us thinks that this will be easy. We face an emboldened Trump administration, with a landslide victory and an entire MAGA political movement at his back. What do we do now? We fight like hell, like we’ve always done. Keep loving, keep fighting. We’ll be here with you the entire time.
Pandemic aid for India
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As the United States approaches nearly 3 million vaccinations and is slowly reopening, India has seen the opposite. 350,000 Indians are contracting COVID every day, and in New Delhi, the positivity rate is 36%. Oxygen and medicine are running out, and vaccine supplies are absurdly low. Although India had delivered raw materials and vaccines to other countries earlier in the pandemic, it now lacks the resources to supply its own citizens, with just 2% fully vaccinated. If wealthy nations like the U.S. do not step in, this could become a global problem that introduces new variants to the world.