Posted on December 20, 2019
Victory: Donald Trump is impeached
After years of sustained pressure by CREDO, our allies, progressive activists, and progressive champions in Congress, the House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald Trump. This historic victory wouldn’t have been possible without the help of CREDO members …
Posted on December 13, 2019
Victory: DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan resigns
Activism works, and here’s the proof: After a sustained campaign by CREDO and our allies, which included tens of thousands of petition signatures from our members, high-profile protests and significant national press coverage, acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan, …
Posted on August 6, 2019
Victory: House passes historic $15 minimum wage bill
Victory! Thanks to more than 54,000 CREDO members, as well as our allies in the workers’ rights movement, organized labor and dozens of progressive groups, the House recently passed historic legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to …
Posted on March 15, 2019
Victory: FOX News will not host Democratic presidential debate
Victory! After more than 56,000 CREDO activists and allies signed the petition to demand that Democrats not legitimize hate-spewing FOX News with a presidential debate, the Democratic National Committee announced that it would not partner with FOX to …
Posted on March 4, 2019
Victory: House votes to block Trump’s illegal emergency declaration
After massive public pressure, including from more than 150,000 CREDO members who signed an urgent petition, the House of Representatives voted to revoke Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a wasteful and racist wall on the southern border. …
Posted on January 8, 2019
Victory: Cyntoia Brown granted clemency
Activism can help tip the scales of justice: Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency to Cyntoia Brown. In 2004, Brown was a 16-year old whose adult boyfriend was trafficking her for sex. When she killed a man who …
Posted on December 19, 2018
Victory: Scandal-plagued Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke resigns
Activism works. Thanks to more than 114,000 CREDO activists and massive public pressure by our progressive allies, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke resigned amid multiple scandals that plagued his tenure at the department. Zinke has faced more than a …
Posted on December 5, 2018
Victory: The Senate rejects racist judge Thomas Farr
Activism works. In response to sustained opposition by progressives across the country, including more than 77,000 CREDO members, the Senate rejected the nomination of Trump’s racist nominee Thomas Farr to a lifetime federal court appointment. Thomas Farr has …
Posted on December 5, 2018
Victory: AT&T finally drops right-wing lobbying organization ALEC
Thanks in part to the activism of more than 67,000 CREDO members, AT&T finally dropped its membership in the secretive right-wing lobbying organization the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). After progressives ramped up incredible pressure, the telecom giant …
Posted on October 24, 2018
Victory: Interior Secretary signs mining ban at Yellowstone
Thanks in part to the activism of nearly 100,000 CREDO members, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke recently signed a 20-year ban on new mining in a 30,000 acre area north of Yellowstone National Park. If Sec. Zinke …
