by Sulma Arias | Oct 14, 2024 | Election, Featured, Health
HELP US WIN! ESPAÑOL When Lyndon B. Johnson became president in 1963, he wanted the United States to become a “Great Society” with voting rights for all and an end to discrimination and poverty. “With your courage and with your compassion and desire, we will build a...
by Sulma Arias | Sep 10, 2024 | Election, Featured, Health
On a cold Indianapolis morning, Kiah Morris stands in front of the headquarters of the health insurance company Elevance/Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, along with hundreds of others. Like her, they have come from all over the country to demand their right to health...
by Aija Nemer-Aanerud | Apr 29, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Health
“What is our goal in being here today?” Mindy Salango from West Virginia Citizen Action Group asked the hundred protesters who took over the lobby of UnitedHealth Group (UHG)’s headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota on April 16. “That’s simple! We’re here to demand...
by Aija Nemer-Aanerud | Jan 5, 2023 | Blog, Featured, Health
“There is no one in this country who is not impacted by the cruelty of our for-profit healthcare system,” Kiah Morris told the crowd gathered at the corporate headquarters of Elevance/Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Indianapolis. “While they have their profits on the...
by Ben Levenson, Connie Huynh | May 20, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19, Featured, Health, International, Trade
Even as COVID-19 vaccines roll out in the United States, there is no end in sight to the pandemic for the vast majority of people in the world. Many in Central and South America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East won’t get access to COVID vaccines until 2024. This is...
by Church | Jul 31, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19, Criminal Justice, Featured, Health
Photo credit: Monroe County Sheriff / Twitter / cc In May, Citizen Action of New York, part of the People's Action national network of grassroots groups, learned of a man being held in indefinite detention because of COVID-19. We asked him if he would be willing to...
