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In The News: GOP Threatens Extended Unemployment Insurance—Again, and More Intensely
GOP Threatens Extended Unemployment Insurance—Again, and More Intensely But at least cruel proposed measures are consistent BY DAVID MOBERG Despite the recent good news—the unemployment rate and new jobless claims are down, economic and job
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Citizen Action of Wisconsin in the news: Affordable Care Act: Cure for U.S. Health Care?
USAction affiliate Citizen Action of Wisconsin Executive Director Robert Kraig was on Milwaukee Public Television for a discussion about the health care reform law. Check out the video below. Originally posted on the Milwaukee
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CA/WI’s Kraig: Walker’s delay could sabotage health reform
By Robert Kraig, Executive Director of USAction affiliate Citizen Action of Wisconsin. Originally posted on The Capital Times. In an interview at the governor’s mansion just before Christmas, Scott Walker announced yet another attempt to sabotage
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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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NEW REPORT: Fool Me Twice? Corporations Pay Congress to Rip Off Taxpayers Again
November 2011 (Download full report) Executive Summary With the deadline looming for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or “supercommittee,” major corporations have argued for the second tax holiday in a decade through
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Citizen Action of Wisconsin: Cuts to Medicaid hurt the poor
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Executive Director Robert Kraig in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: http://j.mp/rLHWA4 BadgerCare is a Wisconsin success story that guarantees health security for more than 775,000 people. Despite its popularity, the program
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WVCAG in the news: Zuckett says more action needed to foster job creation in public sector
WVCAG Executive Director Gary Zuckett says more action needed to foster job creation in public sector West Virginia Gazette, Paul J. Nyden: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A local Charleston resident attended a conference at the White House last week
Read More »Michigan Citizen Action in the news: Activists spotlight areas that need work
Press coverage via WWMT 3. KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Local activists put the spotlight on some areas in Kalamazoo that need work during a tour Thursday morning. People from Michigan Citizen Action, local pastors
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We are the 99%: A Progressive Narrative in One Powerful Phrase
By: Richard Kirsch One of the most common criticisms of progressives is that, unlike the right, we don’t have simple messages that tell our story. Our young leaders at Occupy Wall Street have come
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