Blog »
Pentagon Spending and the War on Children
By Jeff Blum, Executive Director of USAction What would you rather see your tax dollars fund? Food stamps for 46 million Americans? Or wars we don’t need? The choice for most of us is
Read More »
ACTION: Don’t let the GOP DOUBLE student loan interest rates on July 1st!
We need to make college more affordable, not less. But some in Congress seem to have it backwards. First, under the Ryan Budget, Republicans have proposed eliminating Pell Grants for two million students. And
Read More »
End the F-35 now
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the perfect example of waste and abuse in the military budget. After ten years and billions of taxpayers’ dollars, we have little to show for the Pentagon’s most
Read More »
Tax Day Actions: NJ Citizen Action and Washington Community Action Network!
USAction affiliate Washington Community Action Network got great press coverage for their protest at a Wells Fargo bank. In a scene reminiscent of last fall’s Occupy Seattle protests, several hundred people rallied in downtown Seattle
Read More »
The Economic Story Progressives Need to Tell
By Richard Kirsch (Originally posted at NextNewDeal.net) In his 2003 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush vowed to protect Medicare two sentences after he trashed “nationalized health care.” The fact that
Read More »
Tax Day, Buffett Rule rallies across the country
Today is Tax Day and USAction affiliates are rallying Americans across the country today to call on the 1% and greedy corporations to pay their fair share! USAction affiliates and partners also delivered thousands
Read More »
Senate GOP blocks debate on Buffett Rule
In a 51 to 45 vote last night, a majority of the Senate supported the procedural vote to allow debate on the Buffett Rule but failed to reach the 60 votes required due to GOP
Read More »Buffett Rule vote on Monday! Tell your Senators to make the ultra-rich pay their fair share.
On Monday, the Senate will take a vote on the Buffett Rule, a bill to make millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share. Right-wing zealots — who are opposed to raising taxes on anyone
Read More »Op-Ed: Blank check for the military will send America the way of the Soviet Union
This op-ed originally appeared in the Baltimore Sun on April 9, 2012 and is cross-posted at the Huffington Post. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, many strategists suggested that the Cold War arms race
Read More »
Calling for backup for our top cop
It’s been four long years since the Wall Street banks, through gross negligence and greed, caused the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, resulting in millions losing their homes, jobs and livelihoods. And
Read More »