Democracy is on the brink (still), but there are things you can do to help.

​How's your Memorial Day Weekend going, Pamela​?

How's your Memorial Day Weekend going, Pamela? Here are some of the things that happened this week that you might want to know about. In short: Democracy is on the brink (still), but there are things you can do to help. This week's best petitions Stop Postmaster General Louis DeJoy from slowing down the mail and charging higher prices. For decades, our nation's infrastructure has suffered from a systemic lack of investment. The new federal bill must be big, bold and green. Tell Congress to make the Child Tax Credit permanent. Demand the Biden administration hold Israel's apartheid government accountable. This is a no-brainer: Trump must be banned from Facebook permanently. Sunday reading Another reason to nuke the filibuster: Senate Republicans used their first Biden-era filibuster to block a proposed Jan. 6 commission Voting-rights advocates are scared that the White House isn't taking Republican threats to the ballot seriously enough. Justice Breyer's gotta retire. What does the new ban in Texas mean for Texans who need abortion care? And how is state violence connected to reproductive justice? Samaria Rice is the mother of Tamir, not a "mother of the movement." The pandemic transformed work. A lot of employers haven't caught up. The catastrophic failure of Texas's power grid in February killed hundreds more people than the state has acknowledged. Republicans don't actually want to make a deal on infrastructure. Cicada watch Forecast in DC: partly cloudy with a chance of cicada pee Protect your neck, Manu Here's your weekly reason to make DC a state. In Solidarity, Mike Phelan DONATE NOW Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Progress America, please click here.