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After Ohio:
2,012 Candidates
in 2012

We won a major victory for worker rights in Ohio and beat back the right in
key elections in several states. Now it's time for the next step: Supporting
2,012 progressive champions for the political battles ahead in 2012.

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Analysis of the Nov. 8 election results from our writers and other progressive sources »

Commentary and analysis about the November 8 worker rights referendum in Ohio and other key progressive tests around the country.

To listen to what's coming out of Washington, D.C., these days is to realize that our elected officials are completely ignoring a deficit that threatens to devastate the American economy, and the lives of millions of Americans. No, not that deficit. I'm talking about an appalling deficit of ideas about how to create jobs and return our economy to one that works for all of us, not just 1% of us.

Fortunately, that dearth of ideas is limited to D.C. Rebuild the Dream is creating a Contract for the American Dream, and is asking Americans for ideas. At the moment, there are over 12,000 ideas about how to: create good jobs and invest in a sustainable future; stop corporations and the rich from dodging taxes; strengthen communities by ensuring good health care, quality education, a clean environment, and a retirement with dignity for all.

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The Congressional Progressive Caucus has shown real courage, proposing a budget that takes on the wealthy and the powerful, creating a budget surplus by raising taxes on millionaires and cutting wasteful military spending, while investing in jobs and protecting our retirement security. Find out more. more »

On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while working in Memphis to help public sanitation workers form a union.

He died trying to secure the same rights for workers that conservative governors are trying to strip away today. Now it is time for us to fight for the things Dr. King gave his life for: the freedom to bargain, to vote, to afford a college education and justice for all workers, immigrant and native-born

On April 4, millions of people will come together for the "We Are One" series of community and workplace actions.

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The 2011 State of the Union address offers President Obama an opportunity to set a progressive economic policy course and to draw the contrast between the vision that he has offered the na more »

The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the deaths of six others January 8 has sparked a national debate about the coarseness of our political debate. more »

It's time for the Senate to end the legislative obstruction by a block-and-blame minority. Here's what you need to know about the effort to reform the Senate filibuster process.