by Tom Conway | Aug 19, 2019 | Blog, Economy, Featured, Trade
Mickey Ray Williams keeps a Goodyear tire in his Gadsden, Ala., conference room. Made in Mexico and imported to Gadsden, that tire induces fear. It’s an Assurance All-Season tire. Those were developed at Goodyear’s Gadsden factory in 2014. Now some, or possibly all,...
by Tim Wilkins | Aug 16, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health
In a major step forward in the fight for universal health care, the American Medical Association (AMA) has quietly pulled out of a lobbying group that seeks to undermine the growing support for Medicare For All. “The AMA has made the right - if overdue - call by...
by Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-NY) | Aug 15, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured, Leigh Friedman
We all want a new President – but at People’s Action, we know it will take a lot more than one candidate at the top to turn this country around. That’s why we’re recruiting and training more than 500 grassroots community leaders to run for elected office at every...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Featured, Politics
Photo credit: office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi There’s nothing like the intervention of a true racist to provide a sense of proportion. The public dispute between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the group of four young, electric, progressive female legislators of...
by Tom Conway | Aug 13, 2019 | Featured, Infrastructure
Photo credit: Matthew Matheson / flickr / cc Bad news about infrastructure is as ubiquitous as potholes. Failures in a 108-year-old railroad bridge and tunnel cost New York commuters thousands of hours in delays. Illinois doesn’t regularly inspect, let alone fix,...
by Justin Vest | Aug 12, 2019 | Blog, Featured, I Speak, Immigration, Rural
Photo credit: Hometown Action / cc Last week, I dropped my kids off for their first day of school in our small Alabama town of not even 7,000 people. The kids were excited, but I was a nervous wreck. My kids - eight and eleven - are my heart and joy. Would they have...
