Show some guts -- stop the cuts!
Many of you may have noticed the coverage out of Trenton last weekend. A crowd estimated by police to be 35,000 strong protested at the state capitol. The protestors were angry at New Jersey Gov. Chris...
View ArticleHappy birthday, Social Security: And many more!
(Cross-posted at Aggressive Progressive)When I was a kid, the check came once a month.My parents paid into Social Security – in fact, in a bit of irony, one of my father’s jobs was with the Social...
View Article21 Days to Victory
(Cross-posted at Aggressive Progressive)Two years ago we voted to change the guard. Now, to paraphrase Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, we vote to guard the change.For almost two years we’ve watched...
View ArticleThis Tax Day, it's our turn to tell our story
Cross-posted at Aggressive Progressive.Across the country today and through this week, Americans are participating in more than 100 “tax day” rallies. By and large, these rallies are being organized by...
View ArticleThe GOP honeymoon is so over. Voters want an annulment
Republicans swept last year's elections. The GOP captured more than 675 state legislative seats, flipped 10 governor's mansions, gained control of over 20 state legislative chambers, and won more than...
View ArticleAn open letter to Gannett, McClatchy and Tribune: Stop hiring discrimination...
An Open Letter to Gannett, McClatchy and Tribune:As corporate owners of CareerBuilder.com, it should be of concern to you that a company you oversee promotes hiring discrimination against unemployed...
View ArticleNo, we will not "cease and desist" telling people about hiring discrimination...
Cross-posted at USAction's blogTwo weeks ago, the nonprofit advocacy group I work for launched a campaign to end hiring discrimination against unemployed Americans.Specifically, USAction launched an...
View ArticleEnd hiring discrimination against the unemployed? "Indeed" we can!
Cross-posted at Aggressive ProgressiveIndeed.com, reportedly the largest job listing website in the U.S., has announced it will stop posting job ads that refuse applications from unemployed...
View ArticleIllinois 10: If it walks like a duck...
There’s a spirited Democrat primary race going on in Illinois’ 10th congressional district. The winner of the March 20th primary will square off in November against freshman Republican Bob Dold in a...
View ArticleBattleground New Hampshire: Obama up by 3
A new poll out this morning has President Obama up by three points in New Hampshire. The poll, commissioned by USAction and conducted by Lake Research Partners, found Obama leading Romney 48-45 with 7...
View ArticleObama up by 3 in North Carolina, 5 in Wisconsin
USAction today released two new battleground polls, one showing President Obama leading 47 to 44 percent in North Carolina and the other showing him leading 48 to 43 percent in Wisconsin.The polls,...
View ArticleBattleground Florida: O 48, R 47
A new poll released today by USAction and our partner Project New America shows President Obama with a 48 to 47 percent lead over Gov. Mitt Romney in Florida.The new poll continues a pattern of Obama...
View ArticleMichigan: O 48 R 41
A new poll released today by USAction and our partner Project New America shows President Obama with a 48 to 41 percent lead over Gov. Mitt Romney in Michigan.The new survey refutes the narrative...
View ArticleObama up by 3 in IA, 4 in OH and 6 in WI
Three new polls released Saturday by USAction and our partner Project New America show President Obama leading in key states that will help decide Tuesday’s election.In Iowa, President Obama leads Gov....
View ArticleThese are the Aurora Cardinals
These are the mighty Aurora Cardinals. The Cardinals are a pee wee, touch football team made up of 15 four-year-olds. One of them is Xavier, one of the tallest players on the team, on the left-hand...
View ArticleChildhood hunger in the suburbs
Today my organization, Fair Share Education Fund, is releasing our new report Childhood Hunger in America’s Suburbs. This report vividly demonstrates how the geography of childhood hunger has changed...
View ArticleLast year it was Burger King. Now it's Monsanto
The agribusiness giant is considering a sneaky scheme to avoid paying taxes on billions of dollars in profit – and it is all perfectly legal.Monsanto is considering a plan to buy Syngenta a Swiss...
View ArticleA fair shot at a head start
(Cross-posted from The Hill)On a warm spring day 50 years ago, President Lyndon Baines Johnson stood in the White House Rose Garden and announced the launch of Head Start, an initiative that would...
View ArticleChildhood hunger: Coming to a suburb near you
Today my group, Fair Share Education Fund, is releasing our updated report, Childhood Hunger in America's Suburbs: The Changing Geography of Poverty. In addition to releasing the report nationally,...
View ArticleFlint and Beyond: It's not just Flint. And it's not just water.
Cross-posted from the Huffington Post.By Deborah WeinsteinExecutive Director, Coalition on Human NeedsLana, a single mother with three children, discovered that her one-year old twins tested positive...
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