What is Progress 2025?
Elections declare collective priorities. Considering Project 2025鈥檚 explicit intent to reshape the federal government and decimate civil and human rights, this moment calls for an equally bold response that centers human and planetary needs鈥攁nd uplifts the solutions that make them possible. YES! has been reporting on these solutions for nearly 30 years. That鈥檚 why we鈥檝e launched Progress 2025 to be a hub for big ideas鈥攁nd grassroots efforts鈥攖hat offers a collective vision for our democracy.
A Communal Fix for Our Childcare聽System
While Project 2025 proposes cutting Head Start, communities are ensuring free, quality child care for all.
By聽Sara Youngblood Gregory
Project 2025 seeks to scapegoat, criminalize, and deport immigrants. Progress 2025 envisions a just world without borders, centered on the dignity of all human beings.
Project 2025 prioritizes billionaires by decimating labor laws and defunding social programs. Progress 2025 envisions economic policies centered on workers鈥� dignity and power.
Project 2025 would vastly expand the extraction and burning of fossil fuels. Progress 2025 calls for putting (clean) power in the hands of frontline communities.
Project 2025 embraces carceral models that embolden racist policing. Progress 2025 envisions replacing police with community-based crisis responders and reparations for racism.
Project 2025 wants to criminalize LGBTQ people鈥檚 existence. Progress 2025 envisions a world where no one faces violence, discrimination, or harassment for who they are.
Project 2025 aims to expand the U.S. war machine domestically and around the globe. Progress 2025 emphasizes sovereignty and self-determination for all peoples.
Project 2025 wants to dismantle voting rights and increase disinformation. Progress 2025 would lower the voting age, reform campaign contributions, and increase voting accessibility.
Project 2025 would defund public education and empower racist hysteria over 鈥淒EI.鈥� Progress 2025 envisions fully funded public schools teaching accurate history and prioritizing student safety.
Project 2025 would ban abortion and restrict access to reproductive care. Progress 2025 sees reproductive justice鈥攊ncluding abortion鈥攁s a central pillar of health care.
Project 2025 would restrict access to government-funded health care. Progress 2025 understands health care is a human right, and envisions universal access to health care.
