Author: MoveOn Staff
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, November 28 2014
Today is Black Friday, the largest shopping day of the year—and Walmart workers have launched a massive strike to demand better wages and reasonable pay. This. Is. Huge. For years, Walmart has paid wages so low that employees are forced to survive on food stamps. The company has also been incredibly anti-union. Many of the workers who participate […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, November 26 2014
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By MoveOn Staff. Monday, November 24 2014
On the eve of their self-imposed cutoff to finalize a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran, negotiators representing the P5+1 — the United States, Russia, China, the UK, France, and Germany — and Iran have extended the deadline for completing their final agreement until July 1, 2015. The November 2013 deal which initially froze Iran’s nuclear […]
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Foreign Policy
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, November 21 2014
Last night, President Obama outlined a series of executive actions that take meaningful, humane, and sensible steps to reform our nation’s broken immigration system. Republicans have, predictably, come out swinging. Over the next few weeks, you’re very likely going to hear some misinformation and faulty assumptions. We all need to be armed with correct information […]
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Immigration
By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, November 20 2014
On the heels of President Obama’s announcement of executive action protecting millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation, Anna Galland, Executive Director of MoveOn.org Civic Action, released the following statement: “With Republican extremists in Congress failing to govern, President Obama has kept his promise to take steps within his power to fix our broken immigration system […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, November 20 2014
MoveOn members from across the country are flooding the phone lines of four major broadcast networks today after they indicated they won’t air the president of the United States’ address from the Oval Office. President Obama will address the nation tonight to discuss significant and long-anticipated reforms to our broken immigration system. This is an issue that […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, November 20 2014
Statement of Anna Galland, executive director of MoveOn.org Civic Action, on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s continued refusal to take a position on the Keystone XL Pipeline: “Hillary Clinton’s refusal to take a position raises the possibility that she is worse on climate change than 80 percent of the incoming Senate’s Democratic caucus. If […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, November 18 2014
In reaction to this evening’s Senate vote on the Keystone XL pipeline, MoveOn Lead Campaign Director Victoria Kaplan released the following statement: “Today’s Senate rejection of the dangerous Keystone XL pipeline is a win for grassroots activists and the American public, and echoes the voices of MoveOn members who have said loudly and clearly that […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Monday, November 17 2014
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, November 5 2014
First, let’s get the horrible news—which you probably already know—out of the way: Republicans are taking control of another branch of the government, getting ready to unleash a wave of reactionary politics on the country, trigger more shutdowns, and hurt our chances of getting anyone good confirmed to the Supreme Court for years. That’s just […]
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