Posted on May 9, 2013
VICTORY: Beaverton, Oregon passes resolution against coal exports
The coal industry wanted to turn the Pacific Northwest into North America’s largest hub for shipping dirty coal to Asia. Coal is the dirtiest and most toxic fossil fuel because of the heavy metals it contains and because …
Posted on April 27, 2013
VICTORY: New York extends eviction deadline for families displaced by Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy displaced thousands of New Yorkers, and hundreds were living in hotels due to hurricane damage to their homes that made them inhibitable. The New York Department of Homeless Services imposed an arbitrary date, after which homeless …
Posted on April 15, 2013
VICTORY: Alameda County Sheriffs stop detaining immigrants for ICE
ICE collaboration – frequently ironically named Secure Communities (S-Comm) program – has had a disastrous effect on Alameda County, resulting in the detention and deportation of countless family members, heads of households, and other people important to the …
Posted on April 8, 2013
VICTORY: San Francisco enacts 25-foot barrier around reproductive health care facilities
Planned Parenthood works tirelessly for women’s health care. It also reports that protesters use loopholes in current law to regularly harass, intimidate and bully its patients. The protesters scream at all who walk in and out of the …
Posted on March 14, 2013
VICTORY: Paid Sick Time Act brought to New York City Council
Paid sick days reduce health care costs, reduce the spread of contagion, protect people’s jobs and financial security and boost businesses’ productivity. The NYC Paid Sick Time Act would guarantee that all workers in New York City could …
Posted on February 5, 2013
VICTORY: Sen. Fischer votes for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act
Victims of domestic violence have been without help since the last VAWA expired in 2011, all because of Congress’s political games. Since VAWA was first passed in 1994, domestic violence incidents have dropped by 60 percent, but the …
