by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 15, 2018 | Blog
The American economy rests ultimately on trust, a mutual understanding between employers and employees that each side, in the end, will behave honorably. A fair day’s wage, as the classic formulation puts it, for a fair day’s work. This covenant gets broken, of...
by Jessica Juarez Scruggs | Jun 14, 2018 | Blog
The Supreme Court just gave a green light to racist voter purges. Their 5-4 decision to allow Ohio to take any voter off the rolls who hasn’t voted in two years and doesn’t return a postcard mailed to their house hands a dangerous new tool to the enemies of democracy...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 14, 2018 | Blog
One of the more disturbing aspects of the push to create more charter schools was on full display during a Congressional hearing this week when charter proponents stacked the agenda with biased testimony and completely ignored the lone witness who could attest...
by Miles Mogulescu | Jun 14, 2018 | Blog
Despite my contempt for Donald Trump, I’m rooting that his Hail Mary pass in the direction of Kim Jong-un succeeds. And I think other liberals and progressives should hope for the same. Yet even before Air Force One landed back in the U.S. from Singapore, much of the...
by Tim Wilkins | Jun 13, 2018 | Blog
People's Action joins Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and many others in Washington, DC at 8:30-12 on June 13th for 'We The People,' a gathering of more than 1,000 grassroots organizers from across the country. Join us to...
by Mike Tipping | Jun 13, 2018 | Blog
The Maine People’s Alliance endorsed five progressive women in contested legislative primaries and Rep. Jared Golden in the Second District congressional race. According to initial results from the Associated Press, all of these candidates have won or are...
