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Walking the Walk
Amy B. Dean explores the faces and strategies behind real change.
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Breaking Down the Silos: Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Rally, January 27th, 2007. (Photo: IowaPolitics.com) “We don't want just a seat at the table. We want to run the table,” Hugh …
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Exclusive: Van Jones on What We Can Learn From the Tea Party
Van Jones speaks at the “Save the American Dream” rally in Washington, DC, February 26th 2011. (Photo: markn3tel) In late June, Van Jones - a former "green …
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Four Reasons for Hope in the Next Election Cycle – and One Reason Progressives Must Do More to Win
Librarians recommend “The Recall of Scott Walker” during a demonstration in Madison, Wisconsin, on March 12, 2011. (Photo: Sue Peacock) Just a few months ago, conservatives had …
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Can Unions Break From the Democrats? What a Real Declaration of Independence Would Mean
Richard Trumka at the Power Shift 2011 rally, April 19, 2011. In a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, Trumka called for a labor movement focused …
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An A-Team for Progressive Messaging in the States
Denise Cardinal, executive director of Alliance for a Better Minnesota, speaks at the Bush Legacy Tour Press Conference in St. Paul on Wed, July 16. (Photo: aflcio) …
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Lessons for Progressives From Power Shift Youth
Power Shift March, New York Avenue at 14th Street, NW, Washington DC, April 17, 2011. (Photo: Elvert Xavier Barnes) Over the weekend of April 15, some 10,000 …
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Spreading Models of Success: The Denver Doctrine
Gates Rubber Factory, Denver, Colorado. (Photo: zenobia_joy) At a time when working people are fighting defensive battles to preserve essential services at the state and national levels, …
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Finding Budget Solutions, Not Scapegoats: Lessons From an Oregon Victory (2)
This week, as President Obama unveiled the federal budget and state legislatures across the country continued heated battles over their own financial crises, we are continuing to hear a …