Cities for Progress is a growing network of locally-elected officials and community-based activists working together for social change. CFP is a network that incorporates local, national and global approaches to issues that affect us in our own communities.
Like the levees in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the safety net is failing Americans battered by the ‘Great Recession’ of 2008-2009.
The economic crisis is still on the rise for millions of Americans, while at the same time the social safety net is failing to support many of them.
As a nation, we’re in the emergency room in desperate need for someone to stop the bleeding.
Single-payer and public option advocates are fighting each other. We must remember that we’re on the same side.
“We are treated less than real workers, and are vulnerable to some of the worst abuses you can imagine…we urge the Department of Labor to enact reforms to address the special conditions and vulnerability of workers excluded from the labor laws.”
“Let us work together to create just climate and energy policy that does not sacrifice one segment of our population and their way of life so that a privileged few can thrive.”
“As jobs decline, wage theft is on the rise, and no one but the most vulnerable workers themselves are doing anything to stop it. Members of Congress should work towards comprehensive immigration reform that provides real protections for workers, their families, and their communities.”
Transform social awareness in your city to address human rights issues on a local level.
Mandate for Change offers a set of specific policy proposals for the incoming Obama administration on every major domestic and international topic, written specifically for the book by leading thinkers and activists in the field.
Four experts discuss the significance of Obama’s presidential win and some of the challenges that lie ahead for U.S. progressive movements.
A look at how to effectively petition to end the war in Iran.
A look at how to effectively petition to bring troops home from Iraq.
The heart of the municipal foreign policy movement remains the opposition to the Iraq War.
This book explores the ironies of a time in which science explores the genetic code and masters the physics of instant global communication technology, while bible thumpers and talkers to Christ advocate medieval crusades to spread their order to infidels.