by Sarah Anderson | May 14, 2019 | #PeoplesWave, Blog, Economy, Featured
Recent economic reports have President Donald Trump crowing. The big headline numbers do sound encouraging. The unemployment rate is down to 3.6%, the lowest since 1969. Average earnings are finally outpacing inflation, the stock market has been hitting record highs,...
by Leo Gerard | May 13, 2019 | Blog, Featured
Americans are not happy. And for good reason. They continue to suffer financial stress caused by decades of flat income. And every time they make the slightest peep of complaint about a system rigged against them, the rich and powerful tell them to shut up because it...
by Robert Kraig | May 10, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Featured, Health
Wisconsin’s Republican lawmakers proudly turned their backs on the people of the Badger State when they voted against expanding health coverage to 82,000 people yesterday. But at Citizen Action of Wisconsin, we’re not turning back. We’ll keep fighting until every...
by Maggie Ellinger-Locke | May 9, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Protest
Dangerous anti-protest legislation is working its way through state assemblies all across the U.S., chipping away at the right to protest and undermining social justice movements. State legislators have introduced nearly 100 bills curbing your right to protest since...
by Lenny Sanchez | May 8, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Future of Work, Jobs and Growth, Organizing, Protest
Today, I’m doing what Uber drivers all around the world are doing: I’m going on strike. I’m far from alone. What started on a Chicago streetcorner last September has blossomed into an international movement: we’re now joined by thousands of rideshare drivers - in New...
by Vernell Robinson | May 7, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Housing, Protest
My name is Vernell Robinson, and I live on front lines of our nation’s housing crisis. My voice, and other voices of those directly affected by this crisis, belong at the table with decision-makers - because we are the ones who know what needs to change, now. That’s...