by Laurel Wales | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog, Election, Featured, Organizing
Regina Romero - an environmental activist committed to co-governing with the People’s Action affiliate group LUCHA (Living United For Change In Arizona) - made history Tuesday night by becoming Tuscon’s first woman and Latina mayor in a landslide victory. “I’m still...
by Tom Conway | Nov 5, 2019 | Blog, Economy, Featured
Photo credit: futureatlas.com / flickr / cc An American flag made in China is not an American flag. It’s a knockoff. New York Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara wants a guarantee that flags flown at New York events and on New York poles are made in America. He has...
by Tim Wilkins | Nov 4, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured
“The one percent in this country is very powerful - no ifs, ands or maybes. But you know what? The 99 percent, when we stand together, is even more powerful.” With these words, Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a rallying cry for a broad social movement - one centered on...
by Gloria Oladipo | Nov 1, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Race, Rural, White Nationalism
Here is a hard truth: Police do not keep communities safe. This year alone has produced numerous stories of officers causing distress, damage, or death in communities they’re sworn to protect. As this epidemic worsens, communities need to find new ways to handle...
by Tom Conway | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Trade
Oscar Hernández Romero’s friends searched for him in garbage dumps, ravines and all the other places that could hide what they feared to find—the bullet-riddled body of a Mexican labor activist. But they’ve turned up no trace of Oscar, who disappeared near the...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 29, 2019 | Blog, Education, Featured
Photo credit: arcticpenguin / flickr / cc Billionaire charter-school boosters like Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Eli Broad and have turned school leadership into a cartel system focused on advancing careers and enriching businesses. One can see, in the track...