The big picture
Who is moving the causes CSWH follows forward, who is pushing back, and where: from the news, bills and events the daily update finds, and what members share. Every number opens the items behind it, and every item links to its source.
Last 14 days: Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
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Over time
By cause
Each cause group, busiest first; open one for its causes and their newest items either way. An item about several causes counts once in each.
- Advancing: 115Working against: 77Neutral: 53
10 causes with items
- Advancing: 43Working against: 35Neutral: 25
Newest advancing
- Billionaire tax, transgender rights, voter access among key midterm ballot measuresABC News (abcnews.com) ·
- The Campaign To Defend Trans Healthcare in Missouri Is Slow Going, on PurposeKFF Health News (kffhealthnews.org) · · MO
Newest working against
- A Clash Over Trans Women in Sports Erupts at a Pro Soccer GameThe New York Times Politics (nytimes.com) ·
- State ballots let voters decide on abortion, taxes, transgender restrictionsNPR (npr.org) · · MO
- Advancing: 18Working against: 31Neutral: 18
Newest advancing
- MS SB 2364: Contraception; provide right to obtain and engage in.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · MS
- IL HB 3489: PHARMACISTS-CONTRACEPTIVESOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · IL
Newest working against
- State ballots let voters decide on abortion, taxes, transgender restrictionsNPR (npr.org) · · MO
- MD SB 302: Criminal Law - Causing Ingestion of an Abortion-Inducing Drug - Prohibition (Women's Freedom From Coercion Act)Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · MD
- Advancing: 21Working against: 3Neutral: 8
Newest advancing
- A deported dad’s family said they missed him. ICE responded: ‘Fake & Gay!’The Advocate (advocate.com) ·
- WI SB 380: Relating to: eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · WI
Newest working against
- Why Does Meta Keep Suspending the Instagram Accounts of Gay Bars?them (them.us) ·
- Anti-LGBTQ+ group asks Supreme Court to fast-track national blanket trans sports banThe Advocate (advocate.com) ·
- Advancing: 16Working against: 7Neutral: 4
Newest advancing
- WATCH: Long Island couple sues over real estate broker’s allegedly racist textABC News (abcnews.com) ·
- MS SB 2359: Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · MS
Newest working against
- Justice Dept. Turns Civil Rights Group’s Informant Against ItThe New York Times Politics (nytimes.com) ·
- 98 Percent of Trump’s Refugee Admissions Have Been White South AfricansTruthout (truthout.org) ·
- Advancing: 13Working against: 0Neutral: 3
Newest advancing
- 26-6624: Call to Order, Los Angeles County Land Acknowledgement. The County of Los Angeles recognizes that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Tongva (TONG+VUH), Tataviam (TAH+TAA+VEE+UM), Serrano (SUH+RAA+NOH), Kizh (KEECH), and Chumash (CHEW+MOSH) Peoples. We honor aLegistar: 15 city and county councils (lacounty.legistar.com) · · Los Angeles County, CA
- HI SR 50: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE ONE YEAR OF HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · HI
- Advancing: 9Working against: 3Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- CA SCR 89: Relative to diversity, equity, and inclusion.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · CA
- VT H 956: An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington relating to the Office of Racial Equity, Inclusion, and BelongingOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
Newest working against
- Trump’s Anti-DEI Agenda Threatens to Slash Land Mine Disposal Efforts GloballyTruthout (truthout.org) ·
- IA HSB 61: A bill for an act prohibiting community colleges from establishing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and engaging in certain other activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · IA
- Advancing: 3Working against: 4Neutral: 2
Newest advancing
- The Campaign To Defend Trans Healthcare in Missouri Is Slow Going, on PurposeKFF Health News (kffhealthnews.org) · · MO
- Ahead of midterms, Missourians defend transgender healthcareNPR (npr.org) · · MO
Newest working against
- Missouri’s GOP Has a New Strategy to Ban Abortion—Attack Trans KidsMother Jones (motherjones.com) · · MO
- NH HB 1376: relative to a parent's ability to raise their child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex and relative to breast surgeries for minors.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · NH
- Advancing: 5Working against: 0Neutral: 3
Newest advancing
- Supreme Court rejects Trump admin’s request to end trans-related care in prisonLaw Dork (lawdork.com) ·
- The Supreme Court may be about to make America’s prisons much cruelerVox (vox.com) ·
- Advancing: 7Working against: 1Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- ME LD 522: Resolve, Directing The Permanent Commission On The Status Of Women To Study The Extent Of Workforce Gender Segregation In The StateOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · ME
- WI AJR 54: Relating to: observing Tuesday, March 25, 2025, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · WI
Newest working against
- ME LD 898: An Act To Support Rural Workforce Recruitment By Allowing Pay Differentials Based On Work Site Location And Employee Experience And Credentials Under The Maine Equal Pay LawOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · ME
- Advancing: 4Working against: 1Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- King Charles III can't escape Britain's role in slavery as he tours Caribbean nationsPBS NewsHour (pbs.org) · · Britain
- UT HB 309: Juneteenth Observance AmendmentsOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · UT
Newest working against
- CA AB 2186: Personal Income Tax Law: exclusions: reparations programs.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · CA
- Advancing: 43Working against: 35Neutral: 25
Newest advancing
- Billionaire tax, transgender rights, voter access among key midterm ballot measuresABC News (abcnews.com) ·
- The Campaign To Defend Trans Healthcare in Missouri Is Slow Going, on PurposeKFF Health News (kffhealthnews.org) · · MO
- Ahead of midterms, Missourians defend transgender healthcareNPR (npr.org) · · MO
- WATCH: Long Island couple sues over real estate broker’s allegedly racist textABC News (abcnews.com) ·
- King Charles III can't escape Britain's role in slavery as he tours Caribbean nationsPBS NewsHour (pbs.org) · · Britain
Newest working against
- A Clash Over Trans Women in Sports Erupts at a Pro Soccer GameThe New York Times Politics (nytimes.com) ·
- State ballots let voters decide on abortion, taxes, transgender restrictionsNPR (npr.org) · · MO
- Justice Dept. Turns Civil Rights Group’s Informant Against ItThe New York Times Politics (nytimes.com) ·
- 98 Percent of Trump’s Refugee Admissions Have Been White South AfricansTruthout (truthout.org) ·
- MD SB 302: Criminal Law - Causing Ingestion of an Abortion-Inducing Drug - Prohibition (Women's Freedom From Coercion Act)Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · MD
Where
In the United States, a state counts its own items and local items in it. Colour the map by activity or balance.
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U.S. states
Federal (Congress, the courts, agencies)
Advancing: 28Working against: 28Neutral: 15 · 71 in all
Around the world
- BrazilAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 2
- BritainAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- GermanyAdvancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
- IsraelAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- LiechtensteinAdvancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
- New ZealandAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- PolandAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- TaiwanAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Cities and counties
- Baltimore, MDAdvancing: 3Working against: 0Neutral: 1
- Boston, MAAdvancing: 3Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Los Angeles County, CAAdvancing: 3Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Columbus, OHAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 1
- Hampton Roads, VAAdvancing: 2Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- PAAdvancing: 0Working against: 2Neutral: 0
- Seattle, WAAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 1
- Denver, COAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Los Angeles, CAAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1
- NJAdvancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
- Oakland, CAAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Odessa, TXAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1
By level
By kind of item
- Meetings and hearingsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Protests, rallies and marchesAdvancing: 2Working against: 1Neutral: 0
- Legal newsAdvancing: 24Working against: 13Neutral: 3
- Company newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
- General newsAdvancing: 31Working against: 35Neutral: 34
- Bills and lawsAdvancing: 58Working against: 27Neutral: 16
- Other events and actionsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Bills moving
12 bills on these causes had an action dated Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 (of 577 bills tracked).
- Seattle Inf 2996: Office for Civil Rights (OCR)In committee · Oct 27, 2026 · Seattle, WA · official page
- Columbus 2745-2026: To authorize and direct the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to modify the not-for-profit service contract with Asociacion de Escritores de Ohio regarding Latino Heritage Month programming to extend the term of the contract. ($0.00)Introduced · Oct 26, 2026 · Columbus, OH · official page
- PA SB 1501: An Act establishing the Pennsylvania Office of Freedmen Affairs to provide certain individuals with unfulfilled statutory obligations from the Reconstruction era and craft systemic policy solutions for the socioeconomic impacts of slavery.In committee · Oct 26, 2026 · PA · official page
- PA HR 674: A Resolution recognizing November 20, 2026, as "Transgender Day of Remembrance" in Pennsylvania.In committee · Oct 23, 2026 · PA · official page
- Columbus PN0412-2026: Notice/Advertisement Title: Columbus LGBTQ+ Affairs Commission, Advocacy and Policy Committee, October Meeting Contact Name: Andrew Borst Contact Telephone Number: (614) 645-8609 Contact Email Address: apborst@columbus.govIntroduced · Oct 22, 2026 · Columbus, OH · official page
- H.Res. 1637: Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the pay disparity between disabled women and nondisabled men.In committee · Oct 22, 2026 · U.S. Congress · official page
- Boston 2026-1774: On the message and order, referred on September 23, 2026, Docket #1774, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in the form of a grant, MOIA Mayors Migration Council, awarded by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to be administered by the Department of Immigrant Advancement. The grant would fund support for city-led programs thatEnacted · Oct 21, 2026 · Boston, MA · official page
- Boston 2026-1968: Order for a Summons for Phillip Eng, General Manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Interim Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to appear before the Committee on Civil Rights, Racial Equity, and Immigrant Advancement.Enacted · Oct 21, 2026 · Boston, MA · official page
Coming up
107 events on these causes in the next 30 days: rallies, marches, town halls and meetings. All events.
- Add Your Name: Tell Congress Pass HR40 — ReparationsFri, Oct 30, 2026, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM PDT · Online · Advocacy (calls, letters, petitions) · Mobilize
- [LAS VEGAS - ALIGN Agency/NAACP Las Vegas] BALLOTS, BREWS, & BEATS - Party At The Polls!Fri, Oct 30, 2026, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM PDT · North Las Vegas, NV · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- Members-only Event: Human Rights Campaign & Planned Parenthood Action Fund for Chris PappasFri, Oct 30, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT · Durham, NH · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- Members-only Event: Planned Parenthood Action Fund & Human Rights Campaign for Chris PappasFri, Oct 30, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT · Durham, NH · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- Rte. 495 Bridge Brigade to Get-Out-The-VoteFri, Oct 30, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT · Littleton, MA · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- HAZLETON (Halloween) Party at the Polls! 🎃Fri, Oct 30, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT · Hazleton, PA · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
What members are posting
28 posts shared with everyone on these causes, last 14 days, by topic hashtag.
About these numbers
- Every morning CSWH's update reads public news, bills and events and judges each one: which causes it is about, whether it advances a cause or works against it, or is a neutral report, and where it happens. The newest 14 days are in Your feed; a daily record keeps every day's items for 400 days so trends can be followed (it holds 23 days, from Oct 10, 2026).
- Each number is a count of items and opens exactly those items, each with a link to its source. Days with no data are hatched, not counted as zero.
- "Advances" and "works against" are judged per item against each cause it is about, by an AI model that is asked to stay neutral and to cite; the source is always one click away to check.
- Members' posts are those shared with everyone, counted by their topic hashtags; posts have no direction or place.
- Map: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Cartographic Boundary File, States, 1:20,000,000 (public domain), drawn here; no map service is contacted.