by Frank Clemente | Sep 3, 2018 | Blog
It was a promise that couldn’t have been clearer: when President Trump sold his tax scam to Congress and the American people, he said the average family would see a $4,000 pay raise from their employers. “I would expect to see an immediate jump in wage growth,” added...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 31, 2018 | Blog
Maybe from now on politicians will think twice before crossing public school teachers. That's likely what defeated candidates in at least one state, Oklahoma, are thinking after the results of this year's primary and runoff elections. After widespread statewide...
by People's Action | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog, Breakfast
Victory is sweet, but celebration brief - for our struggle has only just begun. The progressive populist insurgency in the Democratic Party has tasted frequent victories this primary season: Tuesday featured more stunning upsets, highlighted by Andrew Gillum’s late...
by Alejandra Gomez | Aug 29, 2018 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Politics
Arizonans are standing up to say once and for all, ¡YA BASTA! It’s time we have the elected leaders we deserve, who will courageously fight for us at all levels of government. Tuesday’s primary victories are clear evidence that when we fight, we win. It’s been a long...
by Jasmine Budnella | Aug 28, 2018 | Blog
Our country’s overdose crisis kills more people every day than gun violence, suicides, and traffic accidents. Even more shocking is that these lives could be saved – yet we fail to act. Our government’s failure to save lives, when it knows how, is the greatest...
by Miles Mogulescu | Aug 27, 2018 | Blog
If the Republican-controlled Senate proceeds with hearings scheduled Sept. 4 to confirm Trump’s appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court, it will delegitimize the Supreme Court as an independent branch of government, and lead the nation...