by Leigh Friedman | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog, Leigh Friedman
Five days out from the midterm elections, here’s a final snapshot of People’s Action’s electoral program. With so much at stake in these elections, People’s Action and our member organizations are running our biggest program ever. We are so proud to support our...
by Keith Sellars | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog
Keith Sellars is one of twelve residents of Alamance County, North Carolina who was arrested and jailed in 2017 for the “crime” of voting, allegedly in violation of probation or parole – even though Keith was mailed a voter registration card and cleared by poll...
by Krista Sperber | Oct 30, 2018 | Blog
It’s been a long road, but we’ve traveled it together. On the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy joined members of the New Jersey Organizing Project to announce what we hope will be important steps towards finally bringing all of our...
by Daniel Doubet | Oct 28, 2018 | Blog
Saturday morning, a gunman killed 11 Jewish people who were worshiping at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The gunman stated his reasons on social media before his attack: “his people” were “being slaughtered” because a...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 25, 2018 | Blog
Everything is great, right? Unemployment is the lowest in half a century. The economy is churning out a high GDP. Home values are rising rapidly again. Inflation remains low. Still, the stock market has been crashing in recent weeks. Investors don’t like President...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 25, 2018 | Blog
Local issues hold the key to many midterm elections, despite all the talk about how President Donald Trump is nationalizing these races and Democrats should follow his lead and do the same. It's important to know that in many places, voters still care first about...
