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DC Civil Disobedience To Protest DHS Child Arrests Democrats shut down Pennsylvania Ave to protest Trump’s child separation policy. ThinkProgress: "Several members of Congress risked arrest Wednesday as they protested the Trump administration’s new “zero tolerance”...
SCOTUS Just Took Away Your Right to Vote. Did You Notice?
The Supreme Court just gave a green light to racist voter purges. Their 5-4 decision to allow Ohio to take any voter off the rolls who hasn’t voted in two years and doesn’t return a postcard mailed to their house hands a dangerous new tool to the enemies of democracy...
Congress Hosts Charter Schools Roadshow, Ignores Black Parent
One of the more disturbing aspects of the push to create more charter schools was on full display during a Congressional hearing this week when charter proponents stacked the agenda with biased testimony and completely ignored the lone witness who could attest...
Why We Should Want Trump’s Hail Mary Pass on Korea to Succeed
Despite my contempt for Donald Trump, I’m rooting that his Hail Mary pass in the direction of Kim Jong-un succeeds. And I think other liberals and progressives should hope for the same. Yet even before Air Force One landed back in the U.S. from Singapore, much of the...
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Women Win Big in VA Primaries Democratic women win big in key Virginia House primaries. CNN: "In the four Virginia competitive US House races in November, female candidates have all won the Democratic nominations, the latest example of the party turning to women to...
We The People: Watch Live
People's Action joins Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and many others in Washington, DC at 8:30-12 on June 13th for 'We The People,' a gathering of more than 1,000 grassroots organizers from across the country. Join us to...
All MPA-Endorsed Candidates Win or Lead in Maine Primary
The Maine People’s Alliance endorsed five progressive women in contested legislative primaries and Rep. Jared Golden in the Second District congressional race. According to initial results from the Associated Press, all of these candidates have won or are...
Wisconsin Progressives Score Special Election Upset Victory
Wisconsin progressives won an important state legislative special election last night in Senate District 1, with the victory of Democrat Caleb Frostman. Frostman was endorsed by Citizen Action of Wisconsin, a People’s Action affiliate. Members of Citizen Action’s...
Our Liberty Is Bound Together
Robert Suarez delivers these remarks on behalf of the VOCAL-NY Action Fund at We The People, a forum of over a thousand activists from across the country with elected officials in Washington, D.C. on June 13, 2018. I want share a quote from Lilla Watson that many of...
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Sessions Blocks Domestic, Gang Violence Survivors From Asylum Sessions moves to block victims of gang violence and domestic abuse from claiming asylum. LA Times: "Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions has ordered immigration judges to stop granting asylum to most victims of...
