By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, December 10 2013
In 2010, progressive champions in the Senate, including Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, fought to pass the Volcker Rule firewall, which restricts high-risk trading by big banks. The firewall, which is meant to protect taxpayers if Wall Street’s bad bets blow up, was met with opposition from big bank lobbyists. That’s why Sen. Merkley started a MoveOn Petition telling Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to keep the so-called “JPMorgan Loophole,” which would blow holes in the firewall, out of the law.
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Economic Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, December 10 2013
The ingredients that go into cosmetics and personal care products aren’t regulated by the federal government—so it’s up to stores to protect their consumers from toxic chemicals in these products. That’s why Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner of MomsRising.org started a MoveOn Petition telling retail giant Target to ban poisonous chemicals from the store’s beauty and personal care aisles, expand their selection of safer products, and increase transparency about their progress in addressing safe cosmetics.
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Climate
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, December 10 2013
Jasmine Thar was a 16-year-old African-American girl who was shot and killed while preparing for a routine shopping trip with her family. The 23-year-old Caucasian male who fired the fatal shot was not charged with a crime of any kind because he claimed it was an accident—despite the fact that police found a Confederate flag and Nazi literature in his home. Jasmine’s family started a MoveOn Petition demanding justice.
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By MoveOn Staff. Monday, December 9 2013
When MoveOn.org started in 1998, the idea of using the internet to connect progressives and fuel a people-powered grassroots movement was unheard of. Now, progressive, online, member-led organizations are cropping up across the globe—all built on the MoveOn model.
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, December 6 2013
Yesterday, thousands of fast-food workers went on strike and organized rallies in more than 100 cities demanding a living wage, because, as New York strikers said, “We can’t survive on $7.25.” These efforts drew so much attention, even President Obama took notice, calling for an increase in the federal minimum wage in solidarity with “airport workers, […]
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Economic Justice
By campaigns. Thursday, December 5 2013
I’m Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food, and Cooked. For many years now, I’ve been passionately outspoken about the food justice movement, and low-wage workers represent a key front in the fight for fair and just food.
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, December 4 2013
Here’s your cheat sheet when your conservative relatives start spouting Fox News talking points about Obamacare over pumpkin pie.
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Abortion Rights | Health Care
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, December 2 2013
Auctioning off a permit to kill one of Namibia’s endangered black rhinos is THE WORST fundraiser for Namibia’s Black Rhino Conservation Fund.
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, November 28 2013
Tony Rohr, the manager of an Elkhart, Indiana, Pizza Hut, was fired for refusing to force his employees to work on Thanksgiving. He had worked at Pizza Hut for nearly 10 years—but after he spoke up at a work meeting saying he wouldn’t open his restaurant on the holiday, he was asked to sign a letter of resignation. That’s why Elkhart resident Jeremiah Wade started a MoveOn Petition to Pizza Hut CEO Scott Bergren, telling him to give Rohr his job back.
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, November 27 2013
Please fill out the following survey if you would like to attend the D.C. area happy hour for MoveOn members, Progressive Partners, allies, and other RootsCamp attendees on Thursday, December 12, 2013, from 5-7 p.m. RSVP required.
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