by Richard Eskow | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
The smell of gun smoke had net yet lifted from an Alexandria baseball field when the calls for unity began. “An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan. “You're going to hear me say something you've never heard me say...
by Sarah Chaisson-Warner | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
Republican leaders in the Senate are very quietly – and very secretly – forcing through a radical health care repeal that threatens the lives of people across the country. It’s up to us to make noise and demand our voices be heard: In 2005, I was diagnosed with...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
Quick, is this school a nonprofit or for-profit? In the most recent financial filings available, the couple who run a chain of 18 schools pay themselves $315,000 a year, plus nearly $39,000 in benefits. The school also employs their daughters, their son, and even a...
by Samantha Nichols | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
Samantha Nichols of The People’s Lobby and Reclaim Chicago speaks at the People's Summit in Chicago, Illinois about "Resistance and Power," and her participation in the 200-mile march from Chicago to Springfield to demand a People and Planet First Budget for Illinois....
by Maria-Elena Letona | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
Maria Elena Letona, Executive Director of Neighbor to Neighbor Action and vice president of People's Action, speaks about "Our Movement Moment: Beyond Neo-Liberalism & Trumpism" at the People's Summit in Chicago, Illinois on June 10, 2017. Letona, who has more than...
