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Join us for a State of the Union Watch Party Tonight!
President Obama will lay out his priorities for 2012 in his annual State of the Union speech tonight – a speech that will be viewed by many in the media as the kick-off to
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Trust Women
Sign up for the Virtual March to say “I trust women and I vote.” and tweet using the hashtag #trustwmn on Twitter. You can also take action with our friends at Planned Parenthood: On January
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Illustrating the Success of Health Care Reform
Via The Center for American Progress: ”Wondering how health care reform works, and why it’s so important? In this animated video, Jonathan Gruber, MIT economist and former special advisor to the president on health care,
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Tell Congress: Extend unemployment insurance now
The GOP-led House is working against the 99% by proposing “reforms” to unemployment insurance that would: Make it harder for ordinary Americans who lose their jobs to access benefits; Subject workers to mandatory drug
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Cut Pentagon Spending NOW!
After years of endless war, President Obama has withdrawn our troops from Iraq and indicated that the days of obsolete, Cold War thinking are over. Obama’s speech last week was a major step towards
Read More »Tell Your U.S. Senators: Reject the Cuts! Fully Renew Unemployment Insurance for 2012
We need everyone to contact their Senators right now, and urge them to reject the massive cuts to unemployment insurance, and to renew the full federal unemployment insurance program through 2012. Dial 888-245-3381, and an
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Peter Dreier Op-ed: Jobless and hopeless in America
Jobless and hopeless in America – Peter Dreier in the LA Times With 25 million Americans out of work, the least Congress can do is extend their unemployment benefits. Thousands of long-term unemployed Americans
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USAEF ‘Hardly Working’ Report In the News
Cross-posted from USAction’s C3 sister organization - USAction Education Fund. To read the intro or download the full report, click here. Some press highlights below: “For Jobless, Little Hope of Restoring Better Days,” New York Times, December 2,
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Jobs For The 99%
Thousands of 99% protesters are in Washington, D.C. this week to Take Back the Capitol. Yesterday we swarmed congressional offices all over Capitol Hill. Hundreds of jobless workers and their supporters told powerful stories of
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