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 …
Posted on March 4, 2016
VIDEO: Nobel Prize winner fact checks the president on TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will hurt millions of Americans by eviscerating broad swaths of regulations that protect consumers, workers, the environment and our financial system. Yet due to a nearly-complete blackout of coverage of this trade deal in …
Posted on March 3, 2016
Your voice in action
The voices of CREDO members have played a huge part from the beginning of the campaign against Republican obstruction. Numerous media outlets have followed your efforts. In late February CREDO joined with progressive organizations including MoveOn.org, Democracy for …
Posted on February 27, 2016
Watch Sen. Al Franken dismantle the “absurdity” of Republican Supreme Court obstruction
At a March hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Minnesota Senator and comedian Al Franken perfectly deconstructed and exposed the twisted, backward, and contradictory logic used by Senate Republicans in refusing to do their jobs and give President …
Posted on February 26, 2016
Celebrating One Year Since the Historic Net Neutrality Victory
One year ago today the Federal Communications Commission voted to adopt historic Net Neutrality rules. Most politicians thought we couldn’t win this fight. Some Democrats joined Republicans on the wrong side. Others expressed support but were simply too …
Posted on February 22, 2016
How CREDO is fighting for voting rights
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s disastrous 2013 Shelby County vs. Holder decision, which gutted the Voting Rights Act by rendering Section 5 inoperable, 2016 will be the first presidential election in more than 50 years in which voters …
Posted on February 18, 2016
Republican Doublespeak: Supreme Court edition
Immediately following news of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing, Senate Republican leaders wasted no time in declaring their refusal to carry out their constitutional duty to consider a nominee from President Obama to fill the vacancy. Republican …
