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Are 'Nonprofit' Charter Schools a Distinction Without a Difference?
A popular tactic for separating "good" charters from the pack of awfulness Trump and DeVos want to unleash is to hold a preference for "nonprofit" charter schools over the profit-making variety. Is there really a difference?
Resistance & Power: Our March to Springfield
I choose to use my body to not only resist but to fight for something better. No one gets to gets to tell me what I do with my body, so I choose to embody justice, and fight for the world we all need and deserve.
Our Movement Moment: Beyond Neo-Liberalism & Trumpism
We have a very hopeful framework on how to build political power from a very different perspective: one that is grounded in the people. One that goes to the doors, engages people one on one, and builds relationships.
Winning Clean Energy & Climate Justice for All
We fight not just for energy security - we fight for energy sovereignty. It’s not just about getting enough food resources, enough energy resources; it’s about who gets to own and control the distribution of those resources.
Progressive Breakfast
Show of Unity Baseball shooting changes mood on Capitol Hill. CNN: "Five people were shot Wednesday morning, including Majority Whip Steve Scalise, shattering a sense of security on Capitol Hill. But members' response to the shooting came down to one goal: unity. In a...
What They Want to Hide Tells You Who They Are
Trump's Treasury Department wants to take us back in time to before the housing crisis. They want to make it easier for lenders to make fraudulent home loans, foreclose, and then hide the evidence.
Progressive Breakfast
Tell the Senate We Know What They’re Doing: Trading Our Health Care Away in the Dead of Night Senate Republicans are scheming behind closed doors to raise our premiums, cut and cap Medicaid, and hurt people with preexisting conditions. Let’s stop this silent and...
Cuomo Wants to Privatize Penn Station; That's a Bad Republican Idea
New Yorkers face a “summer of hell” as Governors Cuomo and Christie seek to hand over the city's historic Penn Station to private investors. This "hell" is the result of a bipartisan reluctance to invest in the infrastructure we need.
Progressive Breakfast
Russian Intrusion Russians breached 39 state election systems. Bloomberg: "Russia’s cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump’s election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software...
How We Can Help, Not Punish, Drug Users
Punishing drug users does not curb drug use; all it does is destabilize the lives of people who use drugs and their families. We should instead embrace strategies that are proven to reduce harm and deaths from infection and overdose.
