by Jeff Bryant | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
Quick, is this school a nonprofit or for-profit? In the most recent financial filings available, the couple who run a chain of 18 schools pay themselves $315,000 a year, plus nearly $39,000 in benefits. The school also employs their daughters, their son, and even a...
by Samantha Nichols | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
Samantha Nichols of The People’s Lobby and Reclaim Chicago speaks at the People's Summit in Chicago, Illinois about "Resistance and Power," and her participation in the 200-mile march from Chicago to Springfield to demand a People and Planet First Budget for Illinois....
by Maria-Elena Letona | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
Maria Elena Letona, Executive Director of Neighbor to Neighbor Action and vice president of People's Action, speaks about "Our Movement Moment: Beyond Neo-Liberalism & Trumpism" at the People's Summit in Chicago, Illinois on June 10, 2017. Letona, who has more than...
by Tony Pierce | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
Rev. Tony Pierce, the co-senior pastor of the Heaven's View Christian Fellowship in Peoria, Illinois and of board chair of Illinois People's Action and Fair Economy Illinois, speaks about "Winning Climate Justice for All" at the People's Summit in Chicago, Illinois on...
by Liz Ryan Murray | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
The Treasury Department has released their report on financial regulations they want to scrap. Spoiler alert: the Wall Street sharpies who Trump put in charge of our economy, who made fortunes on both ends of the housing collapse, think pretty much all regulations on...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog
New Yorkers face a “summer of hell” as Governors Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie seek to hand over the city's historic Penn Station to private investors. This "hell" is the result of our leaders’ “bipartisan” reluctance to invest in needed government infrastructure....
