by Tom Conway | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Trade
Oscar Hernández Romero’s friends searched for him in garbage dumps, ravines and all the other places that could hide what they feared to find—the bullet-riddled body of a Mexican labor activist. But they’ve turned up no trace of Oscar, who disappeared near the...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 29, 2019 | Blog, Education, Featured
Photo credit: arcticpenguin / flickr / cc Billionaire charter-school boosters like Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Eli Broad and have turned school leadership into a cartel system focused on advancing careers and enriching businesses. One can see, in the track...
by Tim Wilkins | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog, Election, Featured
The Nevada People’s Presidential Forum was filled with insightful moments, but it was also a celebration - it ended with a dance party, as PLAN Action organizer Champagne Clark led the crowd gathered at the East Las Vegas Community Center in an enthusiastic call and...
by Ryan Greenwood | Oct 24, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured
At People’s Action, we believe in the power of extraordinary everyday people. We also believe this power belongs in government - including in the highest office of the land. That’s why our movement politics program elevates the voices of the multi-racial working...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog, Education, Featured
Westport High School, one of 26 Kansas City schools closed by John Covington It’s rare when goings-on in Kansas City, Missouri schools make national headlines, but in 2011 the New York Times reported on the sudden departure of the district’s superintendent John...
by Alyssa Aguilera, Jeremy Saunders | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog, Criminal Justice, Featured, Protest
New York’s City Council has voted to allow the construction of four new jails as part of a plan to close Rikers Island, where thousands of New Yorkers are jailed. The vast majority are there without convictions because they can’t afford bail, or locked up when their...
