by Sulma Arias | Sep 18, 2024 | Economy, Featured, Future of Work
The other day when I went to the supermarket with a friend, we couldn’t help but notice the higher prices. Then I asked if she knew how much supermarket executives are paid. Do you know, I asked, that Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen gets more than $19 million a year? And...
by Sulma Arias | Sep 18, 2024 | Economy, ESPANOL, SULMA
El otro día cuando salí al supermercado con una amiga, notamos como los precios son cada vez más altos. Le pregunté si sabía cuánto ganan los ejecutivos de esas mismas tiendas. ¿Sabes tú - le pregunté - que el ejecutivo de Kroger, Rodney McMullen, gana más de 19...
by Sulma Arias | Apr 7, 2024 | Biden, Blog, Economy, Featured
Giant corporations and billionaires want to keep their taxes low and the prices we pay high. That’s why they want Trump back in office. SUPPORT OUR WORK ESPAÑOL In 2004, I was a single mom raising three daughters on my own. I worked three jobs, including an overnight...
by Sulma Arias | Mar 24, 2023 | #BuildBackBetter, Biden, Blog, Democracy, Economy, Featured
I am so excited about what it means to organize right now. Not only are there unprecedented federal resources on the table to spark transformational change in communities, it’s clear that organizers, because they are trusted and engaged where they live, can turn this...
by Ann Pratt | Mar 1, 2022 | #BuildBackBetter, Blog, Economy, Featured
President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda may be stalled in Congress, but let’s not forget: the American Rescue Plan, which directs $1.9 trillion towards rebuilding communities, has been signed into law. Now it’s up to us to ensure these funds reach those who need...
by Eshawney Gaston | Mar 6, 2021 | Blog, Economy, Featured, I Speak
I’m one of America’s millions of essential workers. We’re working in your children’s schools, at your grocery stores, and at drive-through windows. We’re cleaning your homes. And we’re struggling so hard to make ends meet. Congress is debating whether to raise the...
