"Words that make actions speak louder."
The former New York governor’s 1984 Democratic Party convention speech captures what Americans who are either treading water or sinking in today’s economy need the Democratic Party to stand for.
We called on President Obama to take a series of actions to “move good things forward” in the face of a destructive right-wing agenda. Today he took one of the actions on that list.
The Wall Street caucus in Congress is trying to slip a major attack on hard-won financial reforms into a spending bill designed to keep the government running. We’re asking people to sign an emergency petition.
African Americans still can’t fully breathe in America under the smog of racism. It permeates our institutions and inhibits the ability of all of us to breathe. We may not all recognize it, but this is poisoning us all.
Workers in as many as 190 cities around the country are expected on Thursday to demonstrate for a $15-an-hour wage, building on the foundation of the fast-food strikes of the past year.
Public opinion right now actually is tilted fairly leftward, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released this weekend as Hillary Clinton was advocating a cautious brand of populism in New York City.
With a new book and lessons from the Senate race in North Carolina, Rev. William Barber II is undaunted in his effort to build the Moral Monday movement that shook the state’s political establishment.
The 2014 election results reveal a failure of Democrats to speak to the progressive populism latent in the American electorate. But there is one sign that this mistake won’t be repeated in the next election cycle.
For every job opening in August, on average, there were two jobseekers. It’s one more sign that the job shortage should still dominate the national political debate.
The founder of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United is on the front lines with restaurant workers, highlighting their plight and giving them a voice to challenge the National Restaurant Association.