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The Oregon Idea – Make Voting Easy
Oregon is a pathfinder in making it easier for Americans to register and vote. It’s the first state to enact universal “Motor Voter” legislation, where the DMV automatically registers people as they apply for or renew their licenses.
Why My Small Business Supports Paid Family Leave
A small business owner in Washington, DC, working with the Main Street Alliance, explains how municipal universal family leave legislation is good for her employees, her customers, her business and the middle class.
Progressive Breakfast
Sanders Demands Dakota Delay Bernie presses Obama on Dakota Access Pipeline. AP: "Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and four other Democratic senators are asking President Barack Obama to halt construction of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline until a full environmental...
Small Businesses Speak Out Against Donald Trump's Tax Plan
"Tax cuts skewed toward the wealthy elite starve our communities of much-needed resources while further tilting the scales toward large corporations and the rich," says the Main Street Alliance of Donald Trump's tax plan.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Victims Speak Out Trump bombarded with sexual assault allegations. The Atlantic: "...five women have come forward to say that Trump sexually assaulted them, including a People magazine reporter who published a first-person account of an alleged assault. In a...
Inequality Is Still the Defining Issue of Our Time
Jason Furman, chair of the Council on Economic Advisors, argues that Obama “narrowed the inequality gap” more than any president in 50 years. But don’t take down the barricades. Inequality remains extreme and continues to widen.
The Republicans’ Civil War – And Everyone Else's
If they win, Democrats will need to look across our generational, racial, and gender divides, toward the concerns and causes that unite us. Republicans are fighting a civil war. But then, so are we all.
Public School Activists Stage Nationwide Rally To Prioritize Education
At last week's massive outpouring at over 2,000 schools in over 200 cities, more than 100,000 people called attention to widespread problems in public schools and demanded new policies that prioritize quality education.
From Flint To Standing Rock To Upstate NY, Organizing To Save Our Water
The victims in Flint are reaching out to other communities, hoping to organize grassroots groups and pressure government at all levels to remove the threat of lead and other contaminants from our drinking water.
Trump Doesn’t Understand, Asking for Help is Not Weakness
It seems like a week can’t go by without Donald Trump saying something that offends. But his deep ignorance of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder risks spreading a calamitous lie about a disease shared by 24 million Americans.
