by Miles Mogulescu | Jan 7, 2019 | Blog
Three weeks have passed since Donald Trump shut down much of the government because Congress won’t give him $5.6 billion in taxpayer money to build 200 miles of his illusory Wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Let’s be clear on one thing: There is no Wall. There...
by Sara LaWall | Dec 21, 2018 | Blog
Two thousand years ago, a young mother and father fled for their lives and left everything behind for the safety of their child. Their names were Mary and Joseph. I can’t help but think what would happen to this migrant family and their brown-skinned baby at our...
by Elder Leslie | Dec 20, 2018 | Blog
The facts of the case are simply horrifying: Cyntoia Brown was a child of 16 in Nashville, Tennessee when she was sex-trafficked by a pimp named “Kut-throat.” Just days after being repeatedly drugged and raped by different men, a 43-year-old real estate agent...
by Linda Armitage | Dec 19, 2018 | Blog
Our nation is in a housing crisis that’s getting worse. We need action from our lawmakers now. That’s the message I traveled to Washington with People’s Action housing activists from all across the country to deliver. My name is Linda Armitage, and I’m 76 years old. I...
by Ben Ishibashi | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog
Excitement is building among environmentalists as Washington prepares for the arrival of new lawmakers elected by the #PeoplesWave. Led by New York Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, these insurgents promise to infuse new energy into the movement for climate...
by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 17, 2018 | Blog
We either keep fossil fuels in the ground, or all of us are going to fry. So essentially posits still another new blockbuster study on climate change, this one just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Our fossil-fuel industrial economy,...