As the 2024 election primary season continues, Americans are focusing on the real choices that lie ahead for their states and our nation. Reports like this one help paint a picture of where we are and where we need to be in order to achieve the full measures of equality every child and young person deserve. One of the tenets in the NUL’s framework for collective activism is to defend democracy – and this begins with the urgency of registering to vote. As they also say, Our freedoms are not free. Be sure you are doing your part to defend them!