by Rachel Hodes | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Immigration
As I stepped inside the Cannon House Office Building on a Tuesday in July, I felt like I was taking a step towards a more just world. The night before, when I told my mother I planned to participate in a “Never Again” protest as part of #JewsAgainstICE, she had one...
by Sav Miles | Jul 31, 2019 | Featured, Organizing, Rural
“Why would you ever go back?” “Why don’t you move to Los Angeles, or come out to Denver?” “Have you at least considered Birmingham?” Whenever I told someone, be it a stranger or someone much closer to me, that after graduating from college I was planning to move back...
by Ahniah Selene | Jul 30, 2019 | Featured, Health
I’m Ahniah Selene, and I live in Boise, Idaho. I’m also a proud board member of United Vision for Idaho, part of the People’s Action family of grassroots groups. On this day 54 years ago we won Medicare, which opened the door to the comprehensive health care we all...
by Lyn Carver | Jul 29, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health
Lyn Carver, a member of Down Home North Carolina and People's Action, shared this testimony on Capitol Hill in a press conference with diabetic patients and progressive lawmakers to demand lower prices for prescription drugs. I find myself very grateful that I’m a...
by Miles Mogulescu | Jul 29, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Politics
(Full disclosure: Jerry Nadler and I were on the same high-school debate team and were friends at a that time, but we haven’t spoken in decades.) In announcing that the House Judiciary Committee is effectively commencing an impeachment inquiry, Committee Chair Jerry...
by Andy Spears | Jul 25, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health
Medicare for All is a popular idea — 70 percent of Americans say they support it, including 52 percent of Republicans. Why? Because in red and blue states alike, they see the costs of a market-driven system that values profit over patients. There’s perhaps no state in...
