Today's Ideas & Actions
February 8, 2012
Teach-In Tells Truth Of Economic Crisis
Campaign for America's Future is partnering with Free Speech TV and "The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann" on a national televised and Web-streamed teach-in on the economy February 21, featuring former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, Heather McGhee of Demos, businessman Leo Hindery Jr., CAF co-director Robert Borosage and Natalie Foster of Rebuild the Dream. We're organizing teach-ins around the country in conjunction with this special program. Get details »
Victory: Obama Calls For Investigating Bank Misconduct
In an amazing display of grassroots power, President Obama responded to our demand that no bank settlement should prevent an investigation into who caused the housing crisis, and announced a new investigative unit that will do just that. This is fantastic news. And you helped make it happen.
TAKE ACTION Send a thank-you note to President Obama »
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End Secret Corporate Campaign Cash
It has been two years since the Supreme Court decided in the infamous Citizens United case that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns.
Click here to sign the petition telling the Securities and Exchange Commission: No more secret political money. Make all publicly traded corporations disclose their campaign spending to the public. Take action »
GOP On GOP: The Truth Comes Out
We're tracking the Republican presidential candidates as they strip each other bare, revealing their hypocrisies, sell-outs and falsehoods. Check this page regularly as we document the truth behind the attack lines »
Learning From Conservative Failures Across The Ocean
As governments in Europe and elsewhere adopt conservative austerity economic policies, we are assembling the best information and analysis of the effects from our own writers and from other progressive sources.
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Progressive Breakfast
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Obama's Wrong Note on Foreclosures
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Who is the Reaganest? A Quiz for GOP Hopefuls
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CSI Missouri: A "Robo-Signing" Indictment in the Show-Me State
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Washington's Inside Game
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Manufacturing On Planet Economus
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Bruce Bartlett On The GOP Attempt To Make Sure Tax Cuts Don't Count
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Campaign for America’s Future Applauds Schneiderman’s Lawsuit of the Big Banks to Address Mortgage Abuses
The Campaign for America’s Future welcomes the announcement that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has initiated a lawsuit against the Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo regarding their use of MERS [Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems]. As the Campaign for America's Future reported in October of 2010, MERS is a shell corporation that has been widely used to avoid paying registration fees or filing title information with local authorities when mortgages are bought, sold, or traded.
