by Grandmothers | Dec 31, 2019 | News, Voting Tuesday
It’s the last Voting Tuesday of 2019! 2020 is going to be BIG, so take some time now to look back on 2019 and get ready for the work to come in 2020. Here are some easy ways to get prepared: Check out the 2019 Congressional Scorecards from the Population Connection...
by Grandmothers | Dec 17, 2019 | News, Voting Tuesday
What do the 2020 legislative elections have to do with the makeup of Congress and Gerrymandering? As we all learned in high school civics class, the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are apportioned based on population – that is, each member of the House...
by Grandmothers | Dec 10, 2019 | News, Voting Tuesday
A year out from the 2020 election, the media’s focus on the presidential race can feel overwhelming. If you live in a state with a competitive 2020 race for U.S. Senate, you’re beginning to see the first of an onslaught of attention paid to the all-important battle...
by Grandmothers | Dec 3, 2019 | News, Word to the Wise
It was dark and cold. Mary, a 14-year-old girl, lay on a pile of hay in a stable, frightened about what was happening to her. She had no help. The man with her, Joseph, not yet her husband, could reject her for becoming pregnant before marriage. She was alone. There...
by Grandmothers | Dec 3, 2019 | Stories
It was 1966, and abortion was illegal. I was a sophomore at a commuter college living at home when I got pregnant at 19. I never considered continuing the pregnancy. I expected I would have to die trying to end it. I went back to the expensive gynecologist where I got...
