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Congress Needs to Do Its Job
Check out Karen Scharff's op-ed in today's Times Union: Congress has returned for the post-election "lame-duck" session. What it does, or doesn't do, will have a major impact on all of us, particularly those who
Read More »Activists demand unemployment insurance extension
Newschannel 13 - WNYT Albany A coalition of local progressive organizations voiced a common theme Wednesday. "It is pretty ironic that we're talking about unemployment benefits not being extended while at the same time we're talking about
Read More »Congress Should Get Back to Work for Those Out of Work
Capital District Unemployed and Their Supporters Rally for Unemployment Benefits Extension and Against More Tax Cuts for the Rich 200,000 New Yorkers Could Be Left in the Cold if Congress Doesn’t Act Albany, NY
Read More »Call Congress Now!
As Congress returns to Washington this week, we must make it clear that the American people want their top priority to be extending unemployment insurance benefits. If they don't, 2 million will lose their
Read More »Post-Election Debrief Conference Call
What’s our next move? Where do we go from here? Frankly, last week’s election was a set back. But, this is no time to hide. We need to push forward, with more strength and conviction
Read More »Congress: Extend Unemployment Insurance
Congress needs to make extending Unemployment Insurance their top priority. If Congress doesn't act by November 30th, 2 million workers will lose their benefits in December alone. Unemployment insurance is an essential part of
Read More »NY’s Attorney General Schneiderman: ‘This Is Our Moment’
The Nation As a longtime supporter of Eric Schneiderman, it was solace for the political soul, on a grim election night, to mark his victory as New York State's attorney general. His win is one
Read More »Who Paid for the 2010 Election?
by Joan Mandle, Special Projects The 2010 elections have been dominated by headlines about anonymous donors, special interest influence, and record-breaking campaign spending and fundraising. So it’s clear that the real winner in all of
Read More »We Are Proud Progressives
A Special Post-Election Message from Karen Scharff, Executive Director After a very long night of watching election returns, there’s one thing that is very clear to me today: as progressives, now is no time to
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This is No Time To Hide!
While many Democrats lost in November's election, our progressive champion, Eric Schneiderman, won a resounding victory in the race for Attorney General. And it's because he didn't back down from his commitment to justice
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