by Leo Gerard | Jan 11, 2019 | Blog
Corporatists have sought to shame two clear-eyed lawmakers in recent weeks for daring to offer prescriptions to cure America's rampant economic anxiety. “Stupid” is what they tried to call new Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as she became the youngest...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 8, 2019 | Blog
Andrew Leigh, a member of the Australian parliament, has a side gig. He just happens to be a working economist. Other lawmakers may spend their spare hours making cold calls for campaign cash. Leigh spends his doing research — on why our modern economies are leaving...
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...
