"Words that make actions speak louder."
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.”
National People’s Action is highlighting an effort to “reclaim” the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial holiday from “efforts to soften, sanitize, and commercialize” his legacy.
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.
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 New York City mayor offers a blunt critique of the midterm elections and shows how cities can set the pace for a progressive transformation of our national politics.
There is a demand in the electorate for candidates who are advancing populist themes, said the woman who challenged New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo from the left earlier this year.
Stan Greenberg still sees a way for Democrats to have a good outcome Tuesday – and it’s through the party’s base in the “rising American electorate.” But to get there, Dems will have to pivot to a more populist message.
The head of AFSCME is being honored for going beyond being a fierce defender of public employees to being an effective coalition-builder in the larger fight for the dignity of all working people.
In this audio interview, historian Harvey Kaye looks back to 1941 for lessons on how to build a progressive populist movement that can overcome the conservative-corporate money machine.