One of our local public transit advocates did nothing more than present at city council meetings. They ordered the security team to follow him everywhere in the building, to the bathroom, and his car.

Even basic challenges to the people in your government is all too often met with straight up oppression tactics. He got them to stop by going to the press with it. Nothing else worked except more public pressure.

Hey look! Yet another conservative policy that abuses women. I’m sure if they keep voting for the big ® it’ll get better any day now. Oh wait, taking away the vote from anyone not white and land owning is a conservative policy plank.