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Racism's Long Shadow
We can put an end to racism's reign of terror, entrenched though it may be. We can and we must because our communities depend on it. Read More>
6 Foundational Ideas for a Progressive Economic Vision
What does a new progressive economic vision for the country look like and how do we get there? Read More>
From Arizona to North Carolina: March for Immigrant Justice
To mark the day that the anti-immigrant Senate Bill 1070 was slated to take effect in Arizona, a number of community organizations will come together in Raleigh, North Carolina today for the "From Arizona to North Carolina: March for Immigrant Justice" rally. Read More>
Obama needs to show leadership on immigration reform
In the wake of Obama’s immigration speech last week and the US District Court filing suit against the immoral Arizona immigration law SB1070, we are seeing for the first time small steps in the direction of immigration reform that Obama promised to this country during his campaign. With jobs legislation at a stalemate after repeated failed attempts by our political leadership, it is time for the President to assure the American people that he will not give up on comprehensive immigration reform until it is completed Read More>
Create Jobs, not Pain: How Congress can make up for the past six months
At the halfway mark of 2010, with national unemployment numbers nearing 10 percent and more than one million unemployed Americans left without the benefits they need to keep their families afloat in this economy, I cannot help but wonder how Congress went so terribly wrong. As this year began, America seemed to be turning around. Democrats were on their way to securing the national health care bill, and they voiced excitement about the prospect of finally being able to focus all of their attention on the issue at hand to bring the economy out of its current recession: job creation. However, six months later, Congress has failed miserably in their half-hearted attempt to come through on their agenda. Read More>
The movement needs you in Arizona
Arizona needs you. The movement needs you. Take three weeks out of your life and make a lasting impact on history and justice for all in our country. Read More>
Stories move hearts and minds
Stories have political capital. It's the act of sharing stories and identifying with those stories that builds a movement that is capable of pushing progressive policy. The We Are America stories project aims to lift the stories of immigrants into the national debate on immigration to build the political will to move just and humane immigration reform. Read More>
Overwhelming Number of Americans Want Government Intervention
A new poll shows that the public understands that the only means of turning the current economy around is government intervention in the public sector with jobs and health care and in the private sector with curbing big business greed. Contrary to the claims of Tea Partiers, the poll reveals that two-thirds of Republicans and over seventy percent of Independents and Democrats believe the economy can be influenced by government actions. Read More>
A Little Taste of Honey in Our Movement
Why female a cappella group, Sweet Honey In the Rock, are helping to raise the alarm against Arizona's new racial profiling law, SB 1070 and why we and the movement are lucky to have them. Read More>
Are We A Nation?
Sweet Honey In The Rock is partnering with CCC to distribute the song of today's immigration movement in protest of Arizona's racial profiling law. Read More>
