Action-driven policies for Change
Healthcare for All
● Expand Medicaid and move toward universal coverage. ● Lower prescription drug costs by letting Medicare negotiate. ● Rescue rural hospitals and expand telehealth. ● Treat mental health as health care. ● Protect and expand reproductive health care, including abortion access.
Education & Opportunity
● Fully fund public schools; oppose privatization schemes. ● Raise teacher pay, reduce classroom costs. ● Universal pre-K and affordable child care. ● Tuition-free community college & vocational training. ● Loan forgiveness for healthcare professionals serving rural communities.
Economic Justice & Workers’ Rights
● $15+ minimum wage with cost-of-living adjustments. ● Strengthen union protections and worker rights. ● Invest in clean energy & advanced manufacturing. ● Support small farms and local food economies. ● Expand broadband and public transit in rural Alabama.
Reproductive Freedom & Gender Equity
● Codify Roe v. Wade. ● Protect IVF, contraception, and gender-affirming care. ● Pass national paid family and medical leave.
Democracy & Voting Rights
● Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. ● Expand early voting, vote by mail, and same-day registration. ● Ban partisan gerrymandering; restore Section 5 preclearance. ● Overturn Citizens United and ban congressional stock trading.
Public Safety & Justice
● End cash bail and mass incarceration policies. ● Fund community violence prevention and mental health response. ● Establish national policing standards for transparency & accountability. ● Protect LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities from targeted violence.
Climate & Environmental Justice
● Transition to clean energy with job retraining. ● Defend communities from industrial pollution and toxic waste. ● Invest in resilient agriculture and disaster preparedness.
Foreign Policy & Peace
● End endless wars; prioritize diplomacy and human rights. ● Reform trade policy to protect workers & the environment.