"Words that make actions speak louder."
This movement that started with fast-food workers in 2012 is now expanding to include a whole range of occupations, ranging from health care workers to adjunct professors, say organizers.
We need to be prepared to push back against trumped-up deficit hysteria, the refusal to adequately invest in our infrastructure, the continued assault on health care and the drive to cut taxes on the wealthy.
The people who make Washington function are increasingly unable to live in Washington. That’s a symptom of a national housing affordability crisis that is not getting the attention it deserves.
In a webcast by Progressive Majority and the Campaign for America’s Future, a key House Progressive Caucus members urges Democrats to not shy away from policy fights that show them on the side of “the little guy.”
The White House today announced the creation of an infrastructure bonds program designed to attract private financing for transportation projects. It’s a workaround for the cowardice and obstruction in Washington.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has released a “tax fairness plan” that would ensure that people with multimillion-dollar incomes pay their fair share in taxes. Meanwhile, conservatives cling to their tax-cuts-for-corporations agenda.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen released a major tax proposal that he says is “the start of a conversation” about how to raise the incomes of working-class people. And indeed it raises some important issues to talk about.
Not only have Republicans in recent memory made tentative statements about being “open” to raising the gasoline tax, a group of Republican House members have actually voted to do it.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls for “different choices … that put working people first” as AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka launches a new effort to mobilize workers for jobs and growth.
House Republicans start the new Congress by declaring that tax cuts defy gravity and that future disability payments should be held hostage to set the stage for Social Security cuts.