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...
by Sondra Youdelman | Jul 31, 2020 | Blog, Democracy, Economy, Featured, Health, Jobs and Growth, Protest
One of every five working Americans – more than 32 million people – have lost their job to COVID-19. A tsunami of evictions will come unless lawmakers take meaningful action now. Unemployment is rising - again. Hunger is rising, too. And cases of COVID are rising...
by George Goehl | Apr 29, 2020 | #PeoplesWave, Blog, Economy, Education, Featured
As the 2008 financial crisis unfolded, tens of millions of Americans were hurting and making meaning of what was happening. It was the first time in my life that suddenly, tens of millions of people were significantly more ready to be organized than in the weeks...
by Tom Conway | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Economy, Featured, Future of Work
At the start of each shift, Eric Jarvis takes a handful of anti-bacterial wipes and sanitizes the equipment he uses at the Packaging Corp. of America mill in Valdosta, Ga. He worries about getting the coronavirus every time he leaves for work, but knows the nation...
by Tom Conway | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19, Economy, Featured, Future of Work
American Roots workers making masks for COVID-19 frontline caregivers. Photo credit: American Roots / USW / cc. Health care workers continue to put their lives on the line, caring for patients despite critical shortages of the safety gear they need to protect...
