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Shareholders Join Activists to Say 'Time's Up, Wells Fargo!'
Time’s up, Wells Fargo! It’s time for an end to profits from shady lending, supporting the gun lobby and fossil fuels, trampling the rights of Native communities, unsuspecting borrowers and the environment. I was one of the hundreds of organizers who traveled to Des...
HUD's Carson Offers Tenants Insults, Not Solutions
75 low-and moderate-income tenants and manufactured homeowners repeatedly disrupted Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson at a speech in Las Vegas on Wednesday, asking, “where will we go?" Carson’s response? Instead of offering solutions, he...
Progressive Breakfast
Protesters Challenge Wells Fargo At Shareholders' Meeting Protesters say 'Time Is Up for Wells Fargo's Shady Dealings'. Common Dreams: "At the bank's annual gathering in Des Moines, a coalition of progressive community organizations demanded divestment from fossil...
How to Build a Progressive Populist Movement From the Ground Up
Can a progressive populist movement be built in the rural areas and small towns that Donald Trump dominated in 2016? On Tuesday, People’s Action – one of the largest multiracial, people’s organizations in the country with 48 member organizations in 30 states –...
Democrats Who Vote For Pompeo Will Disgrace Themselves and Their Party
Imagine a nominee for Secretary of State who is so bigoted that he once accused Christian organizations and houses of worship of remaining silent about crimes committed in the name of Christianity by groups like the far-right Army of God or the Ugandan Lord’s...
Progressive Breakfast
Dems Hope For Win In AZ Special Election Democrats Hope For Another Upset in Arizona. The Atlantic: "Democrats’ recent winning streak in special elections might be coming to an end with Tuesday’s contest in Arizona’s 8th congressional district. But the party still...
Tell Congress: Curb the President’s War Powers
This week, the Senate will decide whether to confirm CIA Director Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State. Pompeo is a key figure in Trump’s new war cabinet, along with National Security Advisor John Bolton and Gina Haspel, who he wants to take Pompeo’s place the CIA. The...
Progressive Breakfast
Senators Introduce Bill To Block Mueller Firing Booker, Graham introduce bill to protect Special Counsel from firing. Salon: "The Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, sponsored by Republican Senators Thom Tillis and Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senators...
The Fake Frugality of the Fabulously Rich
As a society, we simply do not want to believe that our rich may have gained their riches through exploiting others or rigging our economy or just finding themselves in the right place at the right time. So we ascribe to our awesomely affluent noble qualities that make them ever so deserving of their wealth.
Arizona's Uprising Teachers Build Bridges, Not Walls
We can add Arizona to the ever-growing list of states where teachers are saying "enough" to state-imposed financial austerity, and walking off the job to protest years of pay cuts, inadequate school resources, and stressful working conditions. Under the banner...
