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Legislative and Communications Internship Opportunity
We're looking for an intern! Are you qualified to join our team and help bring social justice to New York
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Bi-Partisan Deal Will Hurt Working Families
President Obama and the Republican-led house have reached an agreement to both raise the debt ceiling and cut trillions of dollars from the federal budget. This money is coming directly from the social safety
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What Would You Do?
The New York Times has created a way to allow it’s readers to share their thoughts on the ongoing debt ceiling debates in Washington. Click here to access it. House Republicans, led by Speaker
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The Effect of the Bush Tax Cuts on the Deficit
George W. Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy were intended to be a temporary measure that would stimulate the economy and create new jobs. Well, as this chart shows, that didn’t quite happen.
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Protect Our Safety Net
Today, concerned activists met outside of Congressman Chris Gibson's office in Saratoga, New York, to hold him accountable for attacking our social safety net. Gibson is just one of many Congressmen who have cut
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Flip it to Fix it: An Immediate, Fair Solution to State Budget Shortfalls
A profound new study has been released, suggesting an alternate to budget cuts in order to stimulate economic growth. Claiming that every state has a regressive tax structure, United for a Fair Economy
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“They get the gold, we get the shaft.”
by Tahisha Victor and Jia-Jia Zhu “They get the gold, we get the shaft” is what hundreds of workers chanted at Albany's Capitol today. They were joined by the Growing Together NY coalition and
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Of Anecdotes and Wishing It Were So (But Really Isn’t)
by Rosemary Rivera and Jia-Jia Zhu I really liked the blog posts from my colleagues, Charlie Albanetti and Tahisha Victor, and they got my thinking about how crucial being correctly informed is in a democracy. Once
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So Let’s Talk About The Economic Facts
Dave Gilson and Carolyn Perot from Mother Jones shared interesting data on how the super-rich are benefiting from the middle class’ net worth. The article provides eight charts that explain, in their words,
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Justice Works: A Conference for Progressive New York
This year's Citizen Action leadership conference is the event that the progressive movement in New York has been waiting for. It's the event our movement needs to grow stronger and move forward. It's the
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