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Stop Predatory Lending
On June 2, in Kansas City, MO the Consumer Financial Protection…
Free From Jail, Imprisoned by Debt
This opinion piece by Libero Della Piana was written for OtherWords…
Colleges Squeezing Out Less Profitable Home State Students
A change in funding at state colleges and universities is starting…
Gerrymandered Out of a Voice and a Vote
As the election season picks up steam, the matter of voting rights…
LeeAnn Hall: Supreme Court Verdict Assures Unions Can Continue to Help Workers
The Alliance for a Just Society released the following statement…
Debt-Trap Debbie Swimming With the Loan Sharks
Debt-Trap Debbie needs to stop shilling for predatory payday…
Disenfranchised by Debt
Washington D.C. – Poverty isn’t supposed to be a barrier…
Tools to End the Prison to Poverty Pipeline
A prison sentence often doesn’t end on the day of release.…
Jobs After Jail: Ending the Prison to Poverty Pipeline
Jobs After Jail: Ending the Prison to Poverty Pipeline
Job…
Supreme Obstruction: Senate Leaders Want a Constitutional Shutdown
This article by LeeAnn Hall and Fred Azcarate was originally…
Vermont Main Street Alliance Members Play Key Role in Paid Sick Days Senate Approval
The member businesses of the Main Street Alliance of Vermont…
Cracking Down on Abusive Debt Collectors
This article first appeared in OtherWords
Have you ever picked…
REPORT: Debt Collectors Profit From Aggressive Tactics
For Immediate Release
January 26, 2016
Contact: Kathy Mulady,…
Instead of Building Walls, Build an Economy That Works for All
The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will take up a case…
Winning the Fight for $15 in 2016
Millions of low-paid Americans rang in 2016 with a raise, as…
Today in Medicaid: Big Win in Louisiana
Today, Louisiana’s new governor, John Bel Edwards, made the…
It's a Matter of Life and Death: Insurers Must Cover Language Services
A 14-year-old girl accompanies her Somali-speaking father to…
Defending Planned Parenthood is Essential for the Whole Progressive Movement
(This opinion by LeeAnn Hall was originally published in Common…
Next Attack on Workers - Will Conservatives Champion "Free Riding" to Justify It?
Building power through strength in numbers. It's one way regular…
Stop racist rhetoric and legislation on refugees
The U.S. Congress should be ashamed. Today, House Republicans,…
Racism on Campus is Nothing New. A Sustained Anti-Racist Campus Movement Would Be.
As a first-year student at Brown University I was detained for…
Racial Slurs Have No Place in Football
The leaves are changing. The scent of pumpkin spice lattes is…
Daley Weekly: Crises and Confrontation
Apologia pro vita sua
Things began getting away from me about…
Pay Up! $15 in Not A Living Wage in Most of the Country
Throughout the nation, the call for a $15 minimum wage is rightfully…
Let's Block Too-Big-To-Fail Insurance Mergers
By LeeAnn Hall and Wendell Potter
This article was originally…
Health Insurance Is Great - Navigators Needed to Help People Use It
This spring, Adriann Barboa and her colleagues at Strong Families…
Daley Weekly: Power of the Pope and Political Patter
Speaker Boehner
I have only met Speaker John Boehner in a favorite…
Price-Gouging AIDS & Cancer Patients? By-Product of a Broken System
Martin Shkreli wants you to swallow his bitter pill — and…
Student Debt: Study Up Before You Sign Up
It’s that time of year again. Students nationwide are heading…
Daley Weekly: Austerity, Clarity and the Muddled East
Living the Dream
Well, I have been searching Craigslist for…
Collective Bargaining is a Valuable Tool for Workers to Make Ends Meet
Working full-time should allow workers to make ends meet; instead,…
Healthy School Lunches Lay the Foundation for Better Learning
What’s on your child’s school lunch tray today?
Parents…
Learning in the Streets
Building strength in numbers. Developing grassroots leaders.…
Racial Segregation: Righting the Wrong and Making Restitution
At a time in history when crime continues to decline, same-sex…
Daley Weekly: Crazy Daze of Summer
President Stuff, Democrat
It is beginning to look like Joe…
Voting Rights Restored
John Mahan never worried about voting, it didn’t seem important.…
Prison Reform, a Step Toward Racial Equality and Respect
Last month, President Barack Obama became the first sitting president…
#BlackLivesMatter. #UnitedWeFight.
Saturday, a group of #BlackLivesMatter activists protested…
Daley Weekly: The Debate That Wasn't
“Yes, it’s me and I’m late again!”
I know, I know,…
Indian People's Action Conducts Youth Training
The Native Organizers Alliance (NOA), a network of grassroots…
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