FEATURED: Guns & Ammo (and Democracy)
While preemption is not a simple concept, it is nonetheless an existential threat to progress across public health and social justice issues. Together, the hundreds of preemption bills introduced or adopted in 2020 and 2021 pose a grave threat to democracy at the local, state, and national levels. State preemption in particular is increasingly being used to crush grassroots health, safety and democracy movements.