by Sam Pizzigati | May 14, 2018 | Blog
The world at large knew virtually nada about Sylvia Bloom for 96 years. Then she died in 2016. Now, just a little too late, Sylvia Bloom is getting her belated — yet richly deserved — 15 minutes of worldwide fame. The New York Times has just published a heart-warming...
by Daniel Doubet | May 1, 2018 | Blog
“Reining in the activist judges is an enormous job, but the American people are up to the task,” says Carrie Serevino, the former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas who now heads the Judicial Crisis Network (JCN). The JCN is a right-wing lobby that...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 20, 2018 | Blog
St. Paul teachers want to do "phenomenal things" for their students. At least that's what Nick Faber of the St. Paul Federation of Teachers tells me. But what's been holding back him and his fellow educators are the same obstacles to progress in many of our...
by People's Action | Feb 5, 2018 | Breakfast
As Shutdown Looms, DREAMers May Lose Congress weighs leaving Dreamers in limbo another year. Politico: "As lawmakers grasp for a solution for the young undocumented immigrants, one option is a temporary extension — perhaps one year — of their legal protections paired...
by People's Action | Jan 23, 2018 | Breakfast
Government Reopens, For Now Congress has voted to end the government shutdown. Vox: "After a three-day standoff, Congress has voted to reopen the government — but only for three weeks. In a last-minute decision, Senate Democrats agreed to pass a spending bill that...
