The 2021 California legislative session is over — how courageous were our representatives?
California’s legislative session just ended last week. During our midyear review, it was clear that progressive policies weren’t faring too well. Only eight out of fifteen of our priorities made…
Halfway through the Legislative session — where do we stand?
So far, this year hasn’t been kind to progressive policies — you’ve likely heard about how the state legislature failed to pass a fracking ban in April. We’re now halfway…
Not All Power is Equal: How Soft & Hard Power Influences Economic Justice
In 2016, Courage California launched an annual legislative scorecard called Courage Score: The People’s Report Card — a tool designed to help Californians learn about how their elected representatives in…
The Corporate-Free Elections Act is coming back next year
Politicians have long been beholden to corporations and their donors rather than their constituents. And here in California, where Democrats have held majorities in the state legislature since 1997, corporations…
Stakes are high for California Democratic Party Chair
The California Democratic Party is about to elect its chair for a four-year term, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. The Party Chair is responsible for leading the direction of…
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When DA’s won’t hold the Police Accountable, We Must
Content warning: police violence Recently, we received an email from a Courage member about an encounter they once had with the police: “3 years ago I opened my front door…
None of us can be free until everybody is free
Centuries of state-sanctioned racial violence against Black people — slavery, segregation, lynchings, Jim Crow, police brutality — are encoded in our culture and the trauma in the genes of generations of Black families and communities.
Some ways to show up for Black communities
In response to the grief and outcries we’ve seen nationwide over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and countless others, we’ve compiled a list of actions and…