Why Folgers Is Not the Best Part of Waking Up
The best part of waking up isn’t Folgers, once you realize Folgers’ coffee bean roaster just tried to cut employees’ pay in half.
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New MoveOn TV ad: Let’s increase Social Security benefits
MoveOn members are doubling down on our campaign for an increase in Social Security benefits with a new TV ad that comes in response to Wall Street front group The Third Way’s recent attack on Social Security expansion. In the new ad, MoveOn.org Political Action urges members of Congress to listen to their constituents, stop […]
A Milestone in Progressive Political History
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.
We Can’t Survive on $7.25
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, […]
The Most Important Fight in the Struggle for Food Justice
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.
Killing Endangered Black Rhinos Is NOT How You Save Them
Auctioning off a permit to kill one of Namibia’s endangered black rhinos is THE WORST fundraiser for Namibia’s Black Rhino Conservation Fund.
This man wants you to know the truth about Fukushima
Radiation was leaking from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, and the company tasked with containing the leaks, Tepco, wasn’t telling the public. MoveOn member Harvey Wasserman, an anti-nuclear activist in Columbus, Ohio, was determined to shine a light on the precarious situation.
Apply to Win $500, Materials, and Expert Training for Your Campaign to End Fracking
Apply to be one of 50 MoveOn #FrackingFighters and you could win $500, materials, and expert training for your campaign to end fracking.
MoveOn Member Amos Lim Tells Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, ‘We Demand a Vote!’
We are just 18 votes away from being able to pass comprehensive immigration reform in the House.
Elizabeth Warren Makes A Brilliant Case For Social Security Expansion
Senator Elizabeth Warren is the latest Democratic leader to come out in support of expanding Social Security benefits. Check out her brilliant appearance on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, then see MoveOn’s new polls showing deep support for Social Security expansion.