If you don't see the name of your Congress member on that list, you live in a House district without a representative standing up for economic decency.
I have worked for social change for more than 20 years, fighting for causes as diverse as police reform, juvenile justice and green jobs. Over the years, I have come to believe that two major flaws are undermining our reform movements.
In a war of ideas, the weapon of choice is words. Even when equipped with better and more popular ideas, progressives are losing the fight on ideas because of how we communicate those ideas -- or fail to communicate them.
Washington wisdom doesn't always account for an outside game. And when everyday Americans stand up and fight for something they believe in, they often win.
WASHINGTON -- Last fall, the Occupy Wall Street movement ignited a national conversation on income inequality, corporate ties to conservative legislat...
Today, April 4th, 2012, marks the 44th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. It's a good time to reflect on the state of not only Dr. King's dream, but the American dream at large.
WASHINGTON -- If Van Jones was a symbol of President Barack Obama's secret leftist agenda at work, the Communist mole he tried to burrow in the White ...
Targeted online advertising is nothing new. But political campaigns and advocacy groups are increasingly adopting the same microtargeting tactics that companies use.
NEW YORK -- Thousands of students, union members and Occupy protesters are gathering Monday at the New York and California state capitols, calling for...
MLK day is a chance to look back and look ahead -- let's reflect on one of the most important movements of our past as a springboard for the ongoing fight for justice.
This is about more than just one protest. What's at stake is the very right we have as Americans to speak out when we've been wronged, and to peaceably assemble as a community to seek redress from the government.
WASHINGTON -- Linda Evans cried Wednesday outside the U.S. Capitol building as she described the unemployment crisis and her own struggle to find work...
WASHINGTON -- Former White House environmental adviser Van Jones is calling on progressive activists to be more like the Tea Party in order to take ba...
Former White House adviser Van Jones says that progressives are going to launch an "October offensive" to rival the Tea Party, in the spirit of the Ar...
If we want a real recovery, we need to rebuild our battered local and regional economies, reclaim our national wealth, and create ways of life that can thrive in today's era of limits.
Another Labor Day has passed, but the jobs crisis is far from over. What can we do to salvage the American Dream for the millions of hardworking people for whom life has become a nightmare of struggle and insecurity?
Few progressives look to Obama or the major parties for leadership in restoring the middle class and transitioning to a green, just economy. Instead, many are returning to building people's movements. Van Jones is one of them.
Across the board, we are beginning to see progressive organizations working to scale up the size and sophistication of their efforts. Groups that have previously focused on their own particular issues and communities are banding together.
The Tea Party has their message and their movement, and it continues to impact the debate in Washington. But the movement to save the American Dream is bigger. There is a silent majority of Americans who are fighting back, and many of them have been fighting alone.
After resigning from the White House Council on Environmental Quality almost two years ago in the face of a malicious campaign by some top conservativ...