by Tim Wilkins | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog, Election, Featured
The Nevada People’s Presidential Forum was filled with insightful moments, but it was also a celebration - it ended with a dance party, as PLAN Action organizer Champagne Clark led the crowd gathered at the East Las Vegas Community Center in an enthusiastic call and...
by Ryan Greenwood | Oct 24, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured
At People’s Action, we believe in the power of extraordinary everyday people. We also believe this power belongs in government - including in the highest office of the land. That’s why our movement politics program elevates the voices of the multi-racial working...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog, Education, Featured
Westport High School, one of 26 Kansas City schools closed by John Covington It’s rare when goings-on in Kansas City, Missouri schools make national headlines, but in 2011 the New York Times reported on the sudden departure of the district’s superintendent John...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 22, 2019 | Economy, Featured, Inequality
At racetracks all across America, lucky bettors every so often rake in small fortunes when the horses they pick to finish one, two, three — a trifecta — just happen to finish in that order. Last spring at the Kentucky Derby, for instance, a $1 trifecta bet returned a...
by Alyssa Aguilera, Jeremy Saunders | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog, Criminal Justice, Featured, Protest
New York’s City Council has voted to allow the construction of four new jails as part of a plan to close Rikers Island, where thousands of New Yorkers are jailed. The vast majority are there without convictions because they can’t afford bail, or locked up when their...
by Isaac Grimm | Oct 18, 2019 | #PeoplesWave, Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured, Housing
Spotlights hit New Hampshire every four years, when presidential candidates roll into town. For months, we trip over them everywhere - at diners, supermarkets, town halls, and on small-town street corners. Every candidate is hoping we, as first-in-the-nation primary...
