Today marks a dark reminder in our country, where one evening Matthew Shepard's life was taken away by Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. They tortured, beat, then tied him up to a barbed wire fence post outside of Laramie, WY. Six days later he left us. Moments like Matthew's murder also reminds us of how far have we come. There have been many great milestones since Matthew's time. But while we look towards the the apex of human rights we need to look back on where we started at and the challenges that come with it. Because at times those same challenges will crop up again. Which is why we need to keep Matthew's spirit with us as we toil through those challenges. Continue reading

BROOKLYN, NY – Early voting starts October 24, and Election Day is only 30 days away, on November 3! Your help is needed to save the Green Party ballot line in New York State by getting out the vote for the Hawkins/Walker campaign! Months ago, Gov. Cuomo hatched a scheme to kill off the Green Party and other alternative parties in NY. Although the Green Party is working with other alternative parties to legally challenge Cuomo's extreme voter disenfranchisement, we may not prevail in the courts. If not, we're required to get 130,000 votes in the presidential race or 2% of votes cast, just to maintain our ballot line! Continue reading

PITTSBORO, NC – As the election ramps up, the North Carolina Green Party wants to let you know about this month's news from the North Carolina Green Party: Organize with us to get out the vote for the Hawkins/Walker Green Party presidential campaign; Donate to our presidential campaign fundraiser; Check out our most recent activism in solidarity with BLM; Read our open letter calling on Gov. Cooper to put farmworker safety before profits during Covid. Continue reading

The Howie Hawkins/Angela Walker campaign for Green Party President and Vice President have followed write-in procedures to be officially recognized according to the Code of Virginia: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title24.2/chapter6/section24.2-644/ The Virginia Department of Elections verified today that writing in either ‘Howie’ or ‘Howard’ Hawkins will count as a vote for both Howie for President and Angela for Vice President. Green Party of Virginiahttps://www.vagreenparty.org Continue reading

Help Get Out The Vote (GOTV) for the Green Party of Texas HOUSTON – We need Greens in Texas to take the yard sign graphics available below & place GPTX yard signs outside Early Voting locations in YOUR counties so Texans know Greens are on the ballot in 2020.  How can you help? Recruit candidates. Be seen being Green. Support Green issues that are nearest to your heart & help with GP outreach at the same time! Donate. Click here for ideas on how you can take initiative as a volunteer in your area. Share our slate of candidates on social media! Continue reading

Opposes Grab by Oil and Gas Industry for More Political Power, Protection for Fracking Endorses Proposal 2 to Give Protection Against Warrantless Searches of Electronic Devices Grand Rapids, Mi – The Green Party of Michigan (GPMI) urges a NO vote on Michigan Proposal 2020-1, which would tie the state's operating budget to continued oil and gas drilling -- including fracking. GPMI also calls for a YES vote on Proposal 2020-2, which would block warrantless searches of electronic devices. Continue reading

Operators flare off a well in southwestern Pennsylvania. Credit: Bob Donnan PHILADELPHIA – It has taken slightly more than a decade for hydraulic fracturing to entrench itself in PA, forming a beltway of 10,000 wells that arc from the southwest to the northeast. Colloquially referred to as fracking, the process involves drilling and pumping high pressure chemical-laden water and sand deep into underground shale deposits to release and capture gas and oil. Over the years, it has become evident that economic prosperity has fallen short of original promises, while alarming reports of public health decline, potent greenhouse gas leaks, and environmental devastation have bubbled to the surface. Continue reading

Latest news from the Green Party of Allegheny County (GPOAC) PITTSBURGH – With about a month to go before election day, we need ALL HANDS ON DECK to get the word out about our Green candidates! Check out the events and ideas below for ways you can get involved. Join The Medicaid March on Thursday 10/1 Continue reading

Last night's "debate" was a travesty. It exposed how rotten American politics is: a lying, blustering Donald Trump next to a doddering Joe Biden. While Trump raised the bogeyman of socialism, Biden ran away from Improved/Expanded Medicare-For-All, away from the Green New Deal, and away from defunding the police. Continue reading

Only 44 days remain until Election Day and only 33 days until the early voting period in Nassau and Suffolk counties. New York's Second Congressional District is electing successor to longtime Republican Rep. Pete King of Seaford. While it is natural that many South Shore Long Islanders will be eyeing the Democratic and Republican sides of the ballot in November, Green Party candidate Harry R. Burger is asking for a second look in his third-party column. Burger, 37, of Deer Park, is running a different campaign than his Democratic and Republican opponents. He holds different ideals. He has a different background. Maybe most important, this campaign is his first in politics, making him the race's only neophyte. Continue reading