by Mehrdad Azemun | Apr 4, 2019 | Blog, Election
The #PeoplesWave of grassroots champions rising up to reclaim our government has just begun. After taking back the U.S. House in November with an unprecedented number of women and people of color, we scored important wins in Chicago’s municipal elections in February....
by Jessica Juarez Scruggs | Mar 13, 2019 | Blog, Climate, Election, Protest
My name is Jessica Juarez Scruggs, and I recently joined the Sunrise Movement and a courageous group of young Kentuckians who took over the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to demand he stop playing political games and take real action to address our...
by Lizeth Chacon | Mar 1, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Organizing, Politics
The 2020 presidential election, for many of us, will be the fight of our lifetime. We need a president who will take bold action on the issues shaping the lives of people in the multiracial working class. Design by Matt Whit That means building an economy that works...
by Mehrdad Azemun | Feb 28, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Politics
Here in Chicago, our beloved City by the Lake, the People’s Wave is gaining momentum. What began in Philadelphia and New York last November continues in Chicago, as more machine politicians fall by the wayside and voters choose an unprecedented number of progressive...
by Elianne Farhat | Oct 24, 2018 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Politics
We can imagine a world where everyone can live free, joyful lives, regardless of what they look like, where they came from, or how they worship. We can imagine a democracy that’s by the people, for the people, and is representative of the people. We can imagine a...
by Laurel Wales | Sep 20, 2018 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Leigh Friedman, Politics
Laurel Wales, People’s Action Deputy Director of Movement Politics, sat down with Our Future's Leigh Friedman to talk about the outlook for grassroots candidates in November's general election and beyond. This is part two of a two-part interview. OF: As all eyes turn...
