Posted on April 20, 2016
Earth Week Climate Challenge #2: Green Your Community
Green your community. Think globally, act locally. It’s more than a bumper sticker. It’s a framework for a sustainable economy focused on community strength, support and resilience. You’ve no doubt heard of the sharing economy. You may already …
Posted on April 19, 2016
Earth Week Climate Challenge #1: Green Your Food
Green your food. The food you choose is important. It’s important to your health, obviously. But it’s also important to the health of your family, your community—and your planet. It’s true. Choose your food wisely and you can …
Posted on April 15, 2016
#DoYourJob hits the front steps of the Supreme Court
Photo Credit: People for the American Way Foundation This week CREDO activists joined our allies at People for the American Way, MoveOn.org, and other groups at a rally on the front steps of the Supreme Court on to send …
Posted on April 11, 2016
Victory: New rules to stop Wall Street retirement scams
We just won a big victory on investment reform, and already Republicans are siding with financial interests to try and strip it away. More than 100,000 CREDO members spoke out for strong new rules protecting Americans’ retirement savings …
Posted on April 7, 2016
CREDO exclusive: New Tom Tomorrow comic on the Supreme Court Vacancy
For progressives who care about money in politics, gun safety, the environment and nearly any other issue of consequence, it is critical that we win the fight against Republican obstruction of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. CREDO members have …
Posted on April 5, 2016
Great news: The DOJ is investigating voter disenfranchisement in Arizona
Big news: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation into voter disenfranchisement in Arizona’s March 22 primary election.1 This development came after more than 113,000 other CREDO activists signed our petition to the DOJ demanding an …
Posted on April 1, 2016
VICTORY: California raises the minimum wage to $15 per hour
We did it. On Thursday to cheers of “Si se puede,” the California Legislature passed a historic bill to raise the minimum wage in California to $15 per hour. Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign the bill …
Posted on March 31, 2016
Why it is critical that we defeat Republicans’ unprecedented Supreme Court obstruction
Our allies at the Alliance for Justice recently explained what a single seat on the Supreme Court could mean for all of the issues we as progressives care deeply about. In just this term: The court is considering whether states …
Posted on March 23, 2016
A Special Delivery for Pfizer
Pfizer — one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies that makes billions off of U.S. government contracts, develops and sells its drugs in the U.S., and relies on our roads and workforce — is planning to desert Americans …
Posted on March 18, 2016
Garland must get timely, fair hearings and an up-or-down vote
On Wednesday March 16, President Obama named Merrick Garland as his choice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Garland’s nomination continues the president’s pattern of nominating experienced and distinguished individuals to the highest court in …
