"Words that make actions speak louder."
The progressive presidential candidate went to a pillar of the religious right – Liberty University – and highlighted the immorality of income inequality and the rigged economy that produced it.
“If you have political connections, now is the time to use them,” says Joe Cirincione of the Ploughshares Fund, as he talks about how to push back against a multimillion-dollar effort to block the Iran agreement.
If there ever were an impossible dream, marriage equality was it just a few short years ago. While this ruling does not put to rest the struggle for LGBT equality, it does teach us the value of a persistent pursuit of justice.
Progressive mayoral candidate Jim Kenney and City Council candidate Helen Gym prepare to join the ranks of city leaders in the vanguard of progressive change in the cities.
At a site near the White House and at the Capitol, progressive leaders pressed agendas designed to end the era of extreme wealth concentration and replace it with economic growth built on shared prosperity.
With groups allied around the Populism2015 platform “for people and the planet,” we have a North Star for organizing and building coalitions, and a yardstick for measuring any candidate running for office.
The People’s Budget picked up 95 votes, a larger share of votes from the House Democratic caucus than its predecessors in previous years. Republicans, not surprisingly, were unanimous in opposition.
A vote for the People’s Budget is a declaration that Democrats are willing to take away the power of conservatives and their moneyed benefactors to draw the limits of the politically possible.
“Building a Movement for People and the Planet” was published this week by the Campaign for America’s Future and National People’s Action, coinciding with the release of the Progressive Caucus “People’s Budget.”
Local and national progressive organizations coordinated dozens of actions in 16 states today as part of “We Rise: National Day of Action to Put People and Planet First.”