In addition to a $$$ slug for the Greens this month, it looks like the only abortion rights amendment that's in trouble is the Florida one. It needs 60% to pass and isn't polling that high. So I can send a slug to that cause ( Read more... )

I'd scheduled myself to add a new monthly charitable donation in May, as I target giving away 20% of take-home by the end of the year. Looking over my current list of charities, I don't currently have any donations supporting immigrants, who are currently the lead scapegoat for voter unhappiness in the US (according to Gallup polling ( Read more... )

I think my new take-home pay has stabilized now, the first few paychecks of a new year always wiggle around because it takes different lengths of time for different changes to take effect, for some reason ( Read more... )

Before I wasn't prioritizing aid to Palestinians in Gaza, because the main constraint wasn't cash, it was the Israeli seige/blockade/bombing/etc. But now major donors have paused in their donations because of accusations against a dozen or so employees of the UN aid organization. Now funds may run out as soon as next month ( Read more... )

I'm torn between the one that helps elect pro-choice women, and the one that helps Palestinian refugees, what if I did both ( Read more... )

I haven't been this mad about a headline in a while.

Definitely going to focus most of my new 2024 charitable giving on women's reproductive rights.

Men suck.

EMILY's List (pro-choice women)

Doctors Without Borders

Reporters Without Borders

UNHCR (refugee assistance)

Maryland Green Party, MoCo Green Party (I already give $$$ to Global Greens and US Green Party)

National Immigration Law Center

Something focused on the legal rights of the unhoused, which I still plan to write about this weekend ...