Publications
Attacks On Our Climate Are Attacks On Our Democracy
In this installment, we will focus on the anti-democratic campaign to undermine the fight against climate change. From the fossil fuel industry pushing to criminalize free speech, to officials using climate disasters to block voter registration, to Project 2025’s clear plans for a “whole-of-government unwinding” of the environmental administrative state, we can see the link between the…
Read MoreProject 2025 Is Already Here
While we continue to expose the many anti-democratic features of Project 2025, it is important to maintain sight of the anti-democratic efforts that are already well underway in virtually every corner of the nation. As we collected stories for this newsletter, families in Springfield, Ohio were at home with their children, because right-wing terrorists threatened…
Read MoreProject 2025 Remains a Serious Threat
Paul Dans has now stepped down as director of Project 2025, but his resignation has done nothing to quell the controversy surrounding the deeply unpopular conservative agenda. As Russell Vought, a self-described Christian nationalist and central figure in the Project admitted in a covertly-recorded interview, the Project is “doggedly” working on a detailed policy playbook for…
Read MoreWelcome to our first installment of Democracy Under Attack: A Wren Collective Newsletter
For decades, those with power have weaponized the criminal legal system to prevent Black, brown, and poor people from participating in our democratic society. Every year, they incarcerate nearly 7.5 million people in jails and prisons in the name of public safety while divesting from preventative solutions that actually keep people safe, because incarceration takes…
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