I hope that all activists will take advantage of this new tool to make their voices heard loudly in state capitols and communities across the country. Being able to act quickly is the difference between winning and losing on the issues we care about. Make your voice heard by visiting the State Pages today. Nowhere will the battles around these issues be more closely contested than in state legislatures. State legislatures do not garner the same media attention that Congress does, so it is often harder to know what is going on in your state capitol.
Sessions are often short, and legislation moves quickly.
This makes it all the more important for us to alert you directly when the right wing is trying to pass unpopular laws while no one is looking. Legislation proposing schemes like vouchers and tuition tax credits has already been introduced in a number of states. Aside from violating church-state separation, most of these proposals would allow profit to be made from our children's education. But conservatives are hard at work trying to roll back the clock with legislation and high-profile ballot initiatives in states like California and Oregon that would deny these benefits. Legislation that would censor the Internet by mandating 'filtering' software at public libraries is expected to be introduced in almost every state legislature.