Today's Ideas & Actions
January 28, 2012
THE STATE OF THE UNION
The Defining Issue: Rebuilding The Dream
President Obama's State of the Union address defined the right priority: restoring "the basic American promise" of economic opportunity for all. The work ahead: Further sharpening the contrast with failed conservatism and pushing bolder solutions to put Americans back to work.
Robert Borosage's reaction »
What other progressives say »
Victory: Obama Calls For Investigating Bank Misconduct
In an amazing display of grassroots power, President Obama responded to our demand that no bank settlement should prevent an investigation into who caused the housing crisis, and announced a new investigative unit that will do just that. This is fantastic news. And you helped make it happen.
TAKE ACTION Send a thank-you note to President Obama »
» Read our statement | Learn more about the issue
End Secret Corporate Campaign Cash
It has been two years since the Supreme Court decided in the infamous Citizens United case that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns.
Click here to sign the petition telling the Securities and Exchange Commission: No more secret political money. Make all publicly traded corporations disclose their campaign spending to the public. Take action »
GOP On GOP: The Truth Comes Out
We're tracking the Republican presidential candidates as they strip each other bare, revealing their hypocrisies, sell-outs and falsehoods. Check this page regularly as we document the truth behind the attack lines »
Learning From Conservative Failures Across The Ocean
As governments in Europe and elsewhere adopt conservative austerity economic policies, we are assembling the best information and analysis of the effects from our own writers and from other progressive sources.
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Say The 'P' Word: Putting Poverty And The Poor Back On The Agenda
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Last Night's GOP Debate Was Like Bad 1950's-Style Science-Fiction
January 27th, 2012
Progressive Breakfast
January 27th, 2012
Democracy v. Plutocracy, Unions vs. Servitude
January 26th, 2012
Obama Didn't Steal "All Of The Above." The Republicans Never Had It.
January 26th, 2012
Stress Testing Tim Geithner
January 26th, 2012
Anti-Union "Right-To-Work" Laws Really A Tax On Unions
January 26th, 2012
Progressive Breakfast
January 26th, 2012
Are Eric Schneiderman and Liberal Groups Selling Out to Obama on Bank Fraud?
January 25th, 2012
Newsroom
President Obama Announces Banks Will Not Escape Investigation and Prosecution
Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, lauded President Barack Obama's announcement that he is launching an investigation of the big banks on mortgage-related fraud. Hundreds of thousands of concerned Americans signed petitions that went to the President asking for this investigation. This is a victory for those activists and for the American people.
