A civic project · Est. 2026
Power should answer to people. Policy should answer to facts.
Americans for Propriety is a civic project advancing public policy that respects democratic limits, serves the common good, and treats public power as a trust — not a tool of private fortune.
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Where we're focused
The fights worth picking, the ones we can win.
Issue clusters where public policy has drifted from the public good. We track the legislation, surface the stakes, and give people a way to weigh in.
Issue area
Economy & tax fairness
An economy where productivity gains lift wages, where corporations pay their share, and where concentrated wealth doesn't translate into concentrated political power.
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Labor & wages
The right to organize, fair pay for full-time work, and worker protections that don't expire when a company restructures.
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Healthcare
Universal coverage, transparent pricing, and a pharmaceutical market that serves patients before shareholders.
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Housing
Affordable, stable housing as a public commitment — through supply expansion, tenant protection, and limits on extraction by corporate landlords.
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Reproductive rights
The right to make decisions about one's own body, with access to abortion, contraception, fertility care, and pregnancy-related healthcare wherever you live.
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Climate & energy
An orderly, just transition off fossil fuels — built around public investment, durable jobs, and communities that bear the costs of the old system.
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Democracy & voting rights
Free, accessible elections; independent redistricting; and limits on the role of unaccountable money in public life.
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Civil rights & immigration
Equal protection, due process, and a workable immigration system that treats people as people — not a wedge issue or a political prop.
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Foreign policy & war powers
Congressional authority over war restored; military spending subject to real oversight; arms transfers transparent; diplomacy treated as a serious tool.
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Briefs
Brief · economy and tax fairness
The economy, December 2025 to May 2026
The IEEPA tariffs struck down. The 10% surcharge struck down. OBBBA implementation begins. Reconciliation 2.0 unlocks. The Fed holds rates. Five months of substantial federal-economic-policy contestation.
Brief · labor and wages
Labor, December 2025 to May 2026
The largest Starbucks strike in company history. The NLRB regaining quorum after a year. The Minneapolis general strike. May Day Strong. Five months of organized labor at unusual visibility.
Brief · democracy and voting
Voting rights, December 2025 to May 2026
Texas's mid-decade map. The Section 2 narrowing in Callais. Virginia's redistricting amendment voided. Five months of voting-rights doctrine remade.
Brief · economy and tax fairness
Why antitrust is back — and what it actually does
After four decades of consumer-welfare orthodoxy, antitrust enforcement is rebuilding. A short tour of what changed, what didn't, and what to watch for.
Field notes
Recent posts
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April–early May 2026: Callais, the shutdown ends, and May Day
The Supreme Court guts Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The longest partial shutdown in US history ends. The Court of International Trade strikes down the 10% surcharge. Virginia's redistricting amendment is voided.
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The Voting Rights Act, narrowed in two acts
Louisiana v. Callais effectively reverses Allen v. Milligan and rewrites the framework that has governed Section 2 vote-dilution claims since 1986. A week later, the Virginia Supreme Court voids a voter-approved redistricting amendment 4-3.
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The tariff cascade — IEEPA, the 10% surcharge, and the trade-court reversal
The Trump administration tried three legal theories for sweeping tariffs in three months. Two have been struck down. The pattern reveals more about the limits of executive trade authority than about the substance of trade policy.