by Jeff Bryant | May 11, 2017 | Blog
Another week, another round of evidence that providing parents with more "school choice," especially the kind that lets them opt out of public schools, is not a very effective vehicle for ensuring students improve academically or that taxpayer dollars are spent more...
by Julie Chinitz | May 10, 2017 | Blog
House Speaker Paul Ryan, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price and other Republican Party leaders have slithered onto news shows to lie about the repugnant health care repeal passed by the House of Representatives. They’re lying because, simply put, the...
by Mark Trahant | May 10, 2017 | Blog
The flurry that is the Trump Administration continues to impact Indian Country in ways that are expected — as well as those that surprise. A nasty surprise at that. The latest offering is a presidential signing statement that targets federal programs that serve...
by Libero Della Piana | May 10, 2017 | Blog
When people feel powerless - locked out of decision-making, bypassed by real governance - they turn to protest. Especially for the disenfranchised and oppressed, protest is often the only way to exert power and affect policies and practices that impact their lives and...
by Leo Gerard | May 9, 2017 | Blog
Republicans in the House last week passed the Trump-Don’t-Care bill. The legislation they called the American Health Care Act is not about improving health care at all. It would, in fact, strip coverage from 24 million Americans. The name of the bill shouldn’t even...
by Julie Chinitz | May 9, 2017 | Blog
All across the country, citizens at town hall meetings are asking hard questions to the 217 Republicans like New York's John Faso and Elise Stefanik who voted in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act and cut Medicaid. People's Action's Julie Chinitz offers advice...
