Progress on issues previously featured in the Checklist
- A federal court denies the Trump administration’s request to stay an injunction blocking its ban on transgender military service members.
- Mayors of big cities across the country embrace ranked choice voting.
All other Good News
- US District Court mandates that ICE restore 133 international student visas and halts deportation proceedings.
- ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero is named to the TIME100 list for his commitment to America’s civil-liberties tradition.
- Harvard refuses to comply with a list of extraordinary demands from the Trump administration, asserting its academic independence and constitutional rights.
- The Associated Press wins reinstatement to White House events after a judge rules that the government cannot bar its journalists.
- Multnomah County, OR details successes, lessons, and next steps in the county’s ongoing implementation of ranked-choice voting.
- Oxford College elects members to its student government association using ranked-choice voting, a first in Emory University’s history.
- Maine lawmakers vote to keep statewide ranked choice voting in effect.
- Conservatives from across the country fill a ballroom near the White House to discuss how the U.S. is abandoning the ideals that forged the nation.
- A growing number of House Republicans defy party leadership and the president to oppose a harmful budget plan, signaling cracks in unified support for deep federal cuts.
- Pressure mounts for accountability, with bipartisan calls for an investigation after national security officials shared sensitive military details in a Signal chat.
- At town halls across the U.S., voters are holding lawmakers accountable, demanding transparency and opposing unpopular spending cuts.
- Planned Parenthood of AZ announces the continuation of gender-affirming care services after a brief pause to assess Medicaid funding threats.
- MI’s Supreme Court holds that mandatorily sentencing people under 21 to life without parole is unconstitutional under the state’s constitution.
- NYC: A two-year experiment with heat pumps in public housing has yielded excellent results, cutting bills in half and decreasing energy usage by 87 percent.
- In the wake of nationwide disasters, more healthcare providers are building solar microgrids to ensure power delivery.
- WA becomes the first U.S. state to pass landmark legislation expanding access to hormone therapy.
- Los Angeles schools superintendent says he’ll protect undocumented students “to the very end.”
- ME sues the presidential administration for retaliation after its refusal to comply with discriminatory order on trans youth in sports.
- WY: A judge blocks new abortion laws, clearing the way for a Casper clinic to resume services.
- MN: Lawmakers block a bill that would have given millions of dollars in funding to anti-abortion so-called “crisis pregnancy centers.”
- Construction begins on a 3-acre Aquaponics Farm & Training Center to train formerly incarcerated and other East Oakland, CA community members in aquaponic farming, nursery and orchard management, and culinary arts.
- Americans hold over 2,085 peaceful public protests in February 2025, doubling the number of protests that occurred in February of 2017 during the current president’s second month in office.