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On the Precipice of History
Community Organizers Cheer Speaker Pelosi's Final Drive for Health Care Reform Read More>
BREAKING: March for America yields meeting with President Obama
Looks like our hard work is paying off. Faced with the prospect of tens of thousands of immigration activists descending on Washington, D.C. on March 21st to demand immigration reform, the President decided to hold a meeting with grassroots and advocacy immigration leaders to establish concrete steps to move comprehensive immigration reform forward. Read More>
Deepak Bhargava talks Immigration Reform with Chris Hayes
Deepak Bhargava appeard on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show to talk about the importance of comprehensive immigration reform, the electoral implications of Democrats not delivering on comprehensive immigration reform, and the split among conservatives over the issue that is pushing them further toward total irrelevance. Read More>
Unpacking Qing Hong Wu's Deportation Case
The pardon of Qing Wong Hu from deportation a few weeks ago is certainly a cause for celebration but his case should speak to the injustices of the immigration system as equally (if not more) as it does of his story of redemption. Read More>
Obama risks alienating Latinos with lack of immigration reform
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Executive Director Josh Hoyt let the Obama Administration know in no uncertain terms the electoral implications inaction on Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Read More>
Empathy is the best policy
The Atlantic Monthly chronicle of the long-term effects of unemployment demonstrates why empathy matters in policy. Read More>
Be Timeless, Not Timely
Movement building occurs when we prioritize timeless principles over timely responses. Read More>
Reinvest in the Nation’s Distressed Communities with a Federally Funded Jobs Program
Waiting for private sector growth to trickle down to communities isn’t the type of immediate and robust solution these times call for. Families are in desperate need of immediate relief. We must reinvest in our nation’s distressed communities to create jobs quickly by enacting a large scale federally funded jobs program. Read More>
Change Takes Courage
On March 21, 2010, tens of thousands of people across the country will participate in the March for America demanding immigration reform for new American families and economic justice for all American families. Why now? How can you get involved? Read More>
Beware Frank Luntz's Lies and Rein in the Big Banks!
Seen the ad from the "Committee for Truth in Politics"? If the name weren't comical enough, the visuals are. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't take the message seriously. Read More>
