Speaking of interesting news...

While Major League Baseball it is pulling the All Star Game out of Georgia in protest of the state’s recently passed election law, Patagonia is giving $1 million to groups to push voting access in the state.

In an announcement Tuesday morning, the outdoor apparel maker announced it will divide the money equally between the New Georgia Project and the Black Voters Matter Fund, two grassroots groups that actively opposed Senate Bill 202 in Georgia before Gov. Brian Kemp signed the legislation last week.

Patagonia does not have a Political Action Committee, but in a message to other corporate leaders, CEO Ryan Gellert called on them to similarly fund and support activists working to challenge the Georgia law and others like it being considered in state legislatures around the country.

“I call on fellow CEOs to join in denouncing these attacks on our democracy and to do more than make a corporate statement,” Gellert wrote. “The strength of our democracy depends on every vote being counted everywhere, and we must protect access to the ballot box.”

  Atlanta Journal Constitution

Awesome. If I'm not mistaken, Patagonia has always been a progressive, environmentally forward-looking company. But it's nice to see its CEO challenge other companies.  And also nice to see other corporations take note of the handwriting on the wall as well as America's demographics change.