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Walking the Walk
Amy B. Dean explores the faces and strategies behind real change.
The 99 Percent Takes Office: Lessons From a Rhode Island Special Election
Carmen Castillo. (Photo: carmencastilloward9.com) If labor and other progressive groups are going to rebuild an economy that works for the 99 percent in America, they need to …
How Progressives Won the Labor Rights Showdown in Ohio
Thousands gather to say “Kill The Bill” to Senate Bill 5 on March 8 in Columbus, OH. (Photo: Ohio AFL-CIO) Last week, the labor movement and its …
Unity Is Strength for Progressives
Business and liberal elites have long invested in developing collaborative leadership. In Occupy Wall Street and beyond, grassroots progressives are now getting into the game of working together. …
New “Unity Unions” Self-Organize to Confront Workplace Abuses
(Image: JR / Truthout) The last five years have been grim and isolating ones for immigrants and working people, right? Overall, this may be the case, but …
Jobs Act’s Pre-Emptive Concessions Show More Pressure Needed Within and Outside Washington
President Barack Obama holds a copy of the American Jobs Act while delivering remarks at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, September 14, 2011. (Photo: Doug Mills/The …
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Taking Back Labor Day
After Ohio Governor Kasich and Republicans in the legislature passed Senate Bill 5, which strips public workers of their collective bargaining rights, a broad coalition came together under the …
Unions as Leaders for Better Schools: An Exclusive Interview With Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation Teachers, testifies at a hearing about supporting America’s educators on May 4, 2010. (Photo: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Dem …
What’s the Real Lesson of Wisconsin for Progressives?
(Photo: Matt Baran / Flickr) Despite coming up short of retaking control of the Wisconsin Senate, Tuesday's recall elections sent a clear signal to conservative politicians who …
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The Fight for a Progressive America Begins Today – and Does Not End in 2012
President Barack Obama speaks about the debt compromise, August 2, 2011. (Photo: Lawrence Jackson / White House) A couple of days ago, a friend was telling me …
Local Energy, National Breakthroughs: An Interview With Deepak Bhargava of the Center for Community Change
Deepak Bhargava speaks about public education and civil rights. (Photo: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights) "Staying true to progressive traditions means always asking the question, …