Recent school shootings are sparking an incredible movement around ending gun violence this country, but youth in Chicago and New York in predominately black and brown communities have been organizing...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156392898354827 Standing in solidarity with the Parkland students and young people across the United States, the 50 Miles More, Team Enough and March for Our Lives teams are keeping the...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156392881174827 Following Hurricane Katrina, the state of Louisiana took more than 120 public schools in New Orleans in the name of "recovery." A state-appointed board fired 7,500 unionized school employees...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
February 23 through March 6, West Virginia teachers and service personnel united in a historic statewide strike to demand better healthcare, competitive wages, and respect for the public education system....
Posted by | June 5, 2018
This panel will look back on the decade since the financial crisis, reflecting on how Main Street is still suffering while Wall Street enjoys record profits. Panelists from the Take...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
Disruption has become a buzz word, especially in the tech and business sectors. Many innovations meant to ‘disrupt’ have made life easier for those who use the services. But there’s...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
Millennials—the largest eligible voting bloc in America—have been ravaged by runaway crony capitalism. Saddled with unprecedented student debt, besieged by unaffordable housing costs, and strained by a gig economy with...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156392896244827 The United States is the incarceration capital of the world, and Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the country. Louisiana's incarceration rate is nearly five times Iran's, 13...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
Formerly incarcerated organizers are flipping the script in Louisiana. Organizing inside prisons and in community, members and leaders of VOTE (Voice of the Experienced) are leading the fight for the...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156400124164827 The past 18 months have been a whirlwind for public interest litigation, starting with the Trump travel ban, and ending ... never. And one of the things we have...
