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$1.4 Million a Day!?!
While the Senate is getting ready to vote on financial reform, big banks are spending $1.4 million a day to fight it. Thursday's protest on Wall Street showed how much public support there is to
Read More »Judith Mazza – Local Activist and 2010 Jim Perry Progressive Leadership Award Honoree
The 18th Annual Jim Perry Progressive Leadership Awards will be held on Thursday, May 20th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Each Thursday leading up to the event, we’ll introduce you to one of
Read More »No H8
“No H8″ marks the campaign to speak out against the November 4, 2008 California Proposition 8, which amended the state’s Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The hate, though, has only escalated in degree and
Read More »Stopping the Circus
by Joan Mandle, Special Projects You may have caught some of the recent circus on TV where executives from Goldman Sachs, the huge Wall Street corporation, were grilled by members of Congress. Goldman Sachs was
Read More »6,600 Letters
While Legislators are doing a lot of talking about passing the now month-late State Budget, earlier today, parents, teachers, students and taxpayers joined the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) at the Capitol to deliver
Read More »Bailouts: The New Death Panels
Last night, the Senate held a procedural vote that would have allowed the body to begin debate on financial reform legislation. The vote failed 57 to 41. That's right, 57 votes were cast to
Read More »URGENT: End Prison-Based Gerrymandering
We need a massive groundswell of grassroots support right now into the State Capitol to end prison-based gerrymandering. Click the ‘take action’ button below to send a message to your State Senator and Assemblymember right
Read More »Norma Chapman – Local Activist and 2010 Jim Perry Progressive Leadership Award Honoree
The 18th Annual Jim Perry Progressive Leadership Awards will be held on Thursday, May 20th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Each Thursday leading up to the event, we'll introduce you to one of
Read More »America Needs Jobs!
It’s tax day – a reminder that we all have a stake in making our country great and our society thrive. But, over the past decade, the wealthiest Americans have shifted the responsibility of
Read More »New Action Website, With Blog, Fights to End Prison-Based Gerrymandering in New York
CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK For Immediate Release: April 9, 2010 New Action Website, With Blog, Fights to End Prison-Based Gerrymandering in New York Coalition Works to End Decade-Old Practice and Restore Democracy to
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