by Jeremy Saunders | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog, Criminal Justice, Democracy, Election, Featured, Protest, Race
A blue wave surged across New York State last November, as voters went to the ballot box to demand true progressives represent them in Albany. This unprecedented voter turnout helped create an undeniable Democratic majority in our state legislature for the first time...
by Bill Bianchi | Jun 7, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health, Protest
The American Medical Association needs to wake up and smell the coffee. Because we smell something bad, and it’s you: The way you keep Americans from getting health care is rotten to the core. AMA, you can’t fool me, and the millions like me who now know who you...
by Leigh Friedman | Jun 6, 2019 | Archive, Blog, Election, Featured, Leigh Friedman, Organizing, Protest, Rural
Hometown Action is the youngest and scrappiest member of the People's Action national grassroots network. Barely two years old, this Alabama grassroots group was on the front page of newspapers around the world when they helped lead protests against the state's...
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...
