by Robert Borosage | Apr 27, 2017 | Blog
Donald Trump’s totemic first 100 days in office have been greeted with brutal reviews. Ironically, the most positive comments involve the neck-snapping series of flip-flops Trump has sprung on signature populist issues. The chattering classes have greeted these with...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 27, 2017 | Blog
Every 12 days, a member of my union, the United Steelworkers (USW), or one of their non-union co-workers, is killed on the job. Every 12 days. And it’s been that way for years. These are horrible deaths. Workers are crushed by massive machinery. They drown in vats of...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 27, 2017 | Blog
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. The CFPB came into existence after the public...
by Tim Wilkins | Apr 27, 2017 | Blog
They came from communities across the country to Washington, D.C. to share stories, find inspirations, and plan for the future - together. These are the more than twelve hundred who gathered for “Rise Up!” - the founding convention of People’s Action and the People's...
by People's Action | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog
The following platform was introduced at the Rise Up: From Protest to Power founding convention of People's Action held in Washington DC, April 23-25, 2017. At the event, seventy-two grassroots activists pledged to run for office guided by the principles in the...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog
After eight years of complaining about "Obama deficits," Republicans are proposing huge, dramatic, unprecedented tax cuts, especially for corporations. President Trump wants the corporate tax rate cut from 35 percent down to 15, denying the government $2 trillion of...
