As the U.S. hurtles through "modernization" and gentrification, it is important that the histories and people at risk of being displaced are preserved for future generations and for their own...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
Building on last year’s panel and growing trends in movement spaces nationwide, this panel will analyze the challenge facing the progressive movement to organize and engage Black voters and provide...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
For too long the Democratic Party has been compromising on reproductive freedom. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair said in 2017: "There will be no litmus test [on abortion] for...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
The cultural stigma around menstruation has impeded the implementation of good public policy, allowing the fundamental needs of the impoverished and incarcerated to be ignored. We need to address why...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156400125619827 The devastating effects of Hurricane Maria had a diaspora effect on residents of Puerto Rico. The impact of this forced migration will reverberate in the state and national political...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
The days of politicians attacking and demonizing the LGBTQ community to win elections are over. Increasing support for LGBTQ equality across demographic groups has led us to a tipping point...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
NAFTA slammed working class families across racial and geographic lines. Trump hijacked progressives’ longstanding fight against corporate-rigged trade policies to win battleground states promising to stop job outsourcing by renegotiating...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
The proposed border wall has many negative impacts. There are already miles and miles of "fence" along New Mexico's southern border that have impacted both human life and wildlife along...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
On our panel today, we have Jelani Drew Kairos Fellow and campaigner from Fight For the Future, Steven Renderos from Center for Media Justice, Jess Morales from National Domestic Workers...
Posted by | June 5, 2018
https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156400123094827 Basic American principles of inclusion, refuge, and religious freedom are all intertwined when lawmakers discuss admitting refugees. However, to other lawmakers, the term “refugees” is a dog-whistle that evokes...
