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The First 100 Days of Resistance
From the Women’s March that inaugurated his presidency to the town-hall activism that blunted his first healthcare bill, the progressive resistance to Trump and his party has outperformed even the most optimistic expectations.
The Stunning Disappearance of Candidate Trump
Trump's neck-snapping series of flip-flops on signature populist issues have been met with deep sighs of relief, but this should worry Democrats and anyone concerned about the future of our country.
The Price for Killing Workers Must be Prison for CEOs
The only way to make workers’ lives matter is to make prison a real possibility for CEOs and supervisors. Lethal greed must have consequences. Fines are no threat; only prison is. America needs its own Westray Law.
Save Our Financial Protections; Save the CFPB
Wall Street's business model is fraud. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created to fight fraud. So naturally Wall Street and Republicans in Congress are trying to kill the CFPB as fast as they can.
Progressive Breakfast
Tax Plan May Not Help Middle Class No guarantees for middle-class help in Trump tax plan. ABC News: "Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin [said] he couldn’t say how Donald Trump's sweeping tax overhaul plan would affect the president personally, while also declining to...
Meet the Leaders of the New Grassroots Resistance
Twelve hundred grassroots activists gathered in Washington, D.C. to pledge support for a shared progressive agenda. Meet some of these new leaders, who share a commitment to work together to put people and planet first.
Rise Up Platform: From Protest to Power
As People’s Action, we are united by our belief that all people have a right to health care, safe affordable housing, clean air and water, to self-expression and dignity, to personal and collective freedom, and to justice.
Tax Cuts Defund the Very Things That Boost the Economy
If you cut taxes, the environment for business necessarily gets worse over time because roads deteriorate, people are not as well educated, scientific research declines, along with about a million other things that businesses rely on.
Progressive Breakfast
Progressives Go On Health Care Offense Rep. Keith Ellison talks health care strategy at People's Action convention. Roll Call: "...Ellison said it was important to reach out to people who might disagree with them ... Ellison said it was also important to push beyond...
Hometowns Rising To Win Health Care For All
We’re still in a big fight to protect the health care that we need and that everyone deserves. But there is an uprising that is happening in communities that are blue, purple and red.
