Two thirds of the people experiencing homelessness in California are unsheltered and the high cost of living in many cities makes it worse.

Voting in Arkansas was made considerably more difficult including stricter ID requirements, signature matching, and earlier absentee voting deadlines.

Alabama was a slave state with polices that harken back to those bad days.

Alabama is one of the most biologically rich states in the country and its natural resources are under threat.

Alabama is the epicenter of anti LGBTQ+ rights including Don’t Say Gay laws.

In 2023, Alabama harmed Black voters by trying to redistrict them out of power.

Barely managed runoff from tens of thousands active and abandoned mines, containing high levels of heavy metals, is a terrible source of drinking and surface water pollution.

Food insecurity is among the major problems in Baltimore which is driven by household income, race, and poverty status.

Mass incarceration of people of color, prison conditions, polluted water, and an increase in the use of isolation are just some of the reasons for prison reform including in Maryland which employs the use of for-profit prisons.

Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and needs restoration and protection from urban runoff, nutrient pollution, and habitat degradation.

Maryland fails to inform the mostly black people leaving prison that their voting rights have been restored.

Maryland has good gun laws but continues to have an unacceptable rate of gun deaths near the national average, disproportionately impacting communities of color in Baltimore.

Longer falls and warmer winters mean ticks are killing moose and their unborn calves at record rates.

Too many women are marginalized and need support to secure health care, economic justice, and protection from violence.

Climate change, habitat loss, and ocean plastic pollution put puffins at great risk.

Maine has very few foundational gun safety laws and a high rate of suicide by gun.

Too often youth in Maine are taken into custody and have their lives destroyed when restorative justice programs could help them instead.

Louisiana is in the top 10 states for child poverty and ranks low for health support for children.

A century of degradation and rising seas put Louisiana’s fragile coastal ecosystem at risk, polluting bayous with saltwater and washing the land away.

Mass incarceration of people of color, prison conditions, polluted water, and an increase in the use of isolation are just some for prison reform including in Louisiana which has the nation’s highest incarceration rate.