Posted by Jeremy on June 14, 2013
MaryBe McMillan testifies at Witness Wednesday (VIDEO)
“The road to justice must run through the South.”
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Posted by Jeremy on May 24, 2013
Unions make the middle class (VIDEO)
Read MoreThe Center for American Progress Action Fund produced a video series, Unions Make the Middle Class, documenting what is at stake in three real stories of how unions make the middle class.
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Posted by Jeremy on May 17, 2013
U.S. Government’s secret spending addiction revealed
Read MoreAFSCME has just released a new video about how the federal government is spending billions of dollars to the exclusive benefit of special interests.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 19, 2013
Canadians show U.S. how to fight Right to Work (video)
Read MoreAward-winning Canadian director Bruce McDonald is sending a message to Ontario politicians behaving badly with a clever YouTube video that should resonate with every union member in North Carolina. There are no free rides in life.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 12, 2013
Powerful speech by MaryBe McMillan at HK on J Lobby Day
Read MoreMaryBe McMillan delivered a rousing speech who gathered at a local Raleigh church before walking over to the legislature on Jones Street, together. In her remarks, MaryBe reminded Lobby Day participants that, “The power is not in this building on Jones Street, brothers and sisters. The power is in our hands!”
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Posted by Jeremy on December 14, 2012
Tax the Rich: An animated fairy tale
Read MoreIt’s an 8 minute video about how we arrived at this moment of poorly funded public services and widening economic inequality. Things go downhill in a happy and prosperous land after the rich decide they don’t want to pay taxes anymore.
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Posted by Jeremy on December 14, 2012
Understanding the ‘fiscal cliff’ in 2 min 3 sec
Read MoreRobert Reich lays out the what, why and how of the Fiscal “Cliff”, the showdown in Congress that Republicans created to demand painful cuts in vital domestic programs in exchange for raising taxes on the top 2%.
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Posted by Jeremy on October 12, 2012
VIDEO: What’s at stake in this election?
Read MoreAs we head into the final weeks before the election, we want to offer this 5 minute video to help motivate and focus our election work on the values that underlie the choices in this Election.
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Posted by Jeremy on September 24, 2012
Rescue of GM and Chrysler saved American manufacturing
Read MoreWhen President Obama decided to rescue General Motors and Chrysler from liquidation, he was betting on an American comeback. That proved to be a wise bet in more ways than one.
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Posted by Jeremy on May 18, 2012
Meet Mr. 1%
Read MoreAFL-CIO has produced a short video to introduce the likely Republican nominee for President to union members and their friends, families, and supporters. Watch “Meet Mr. 1%”, and we are sure you’ll agree. Mitt Romney is out of touch with middle-class America.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 13, 2012
Russell the Hound on the hunt for N.C.’s best public investments
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s state dog is the Plott Hound. As tax day approaches, our friends and coalition partners at Together NC have enlisted a hound of their own to sniff out examples of the Old North State’s best public investments.
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Posted by Jeremy on November 22, 2011
GOP redistricting plan targets Democratic women
Read MorePartisan redistricting process results in the party in power drawing district maps less favorable for its opponents. But did Republicans go out of their way to ensure there are less Democratic women in the next legislature?
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Posted by Jeremy on November 4, 2011
Introducing the Other 99%
Read MoreInspired by the We Are the 99 Percent blog on Tumblr on which people post pictures of themselves and their often-heart-wrenching stories, some folks at Occupy Wall Street put together this video that seeks to answer the question, “Am I a member of the 99%?”
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Posted by Jeremy on July 22, 2011
Colbert Report Covers Voter ID Laws
Read MoreIt seems the greatest truth tellers in our public discourse today are not found on the nightly news or cable TV. They are comedians like Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and the writers at The Onion. This week, Stephen Colbert devoted coverage to the nationwide push to restrict ballot access.
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Posted by Jeremy on July 7, 2011
Robert Reich, “It’s Time to Invest in America”
Read MoreAmerica used to invest a big portion of our economy in the future prosperity of all Americans. Some say we can no longer afford to make these investments because we have to cut public budgets and give tax breaks to the rich. The truth is the reverse.
