by Connie Huynh | Aug 22, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health
From Connecticut to Washington, New York and West Virginia, People's Action members rallied across the nation this Tuesday to demand that Congress and Trump put #PeopleOverPharma profits. Twelve People’s Action member groups participated in the events, which were part...
by State Rep. Mari Cordes (D-VT) | Aug 21, 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 James Mumm | Aug 20, 2019 | Climate, Environment, Featured
Reeling from grim news about climate change, I took a break this summer to recharge my own batteries and see if today’s best speculative fiction writers could imagine us into a better future. There is a growing genre of climate science fiction, or “cli-fi,” which...
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...
