In response to Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court today, George Goehl, director of People’s Action, released the following statement: “There’s no question, Kavanaugh’s confirmation represents a horrendous step backward for progress. It also sends the exact wrong message to boys and young men: that you can assault women, dodge accountability, and still ascend […]
People’s Action is a force for democracy and economic fairness. From family farms to big cities, from coast to coast, we’re fighting for community over greed, justice over racism, and people and planet over big corporations.
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HEALTH CARE
While conservative forces take a wrecking ball to our progress toward making health care available to everyone, we advance a vision of health care as a public good.
CLIMATE JUSTICE
The climate crisis has already arrived in Native lands and communities or color. We oppose the polluting and desecration of our communities by corporate greed.
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People’s Action Disrupts and Delays Sham EPA Hearing on Dirty Energy Plan
Clean energy activists in “Stop Killing Us” t-shirts delay EPA hearing for 15 minutes. The audience applauds and joins in chanting. CHICAGO – People’s Action took control of the Environmental Protection Agency’s hearings here today for 15 minutes to draw attention to the sham hearing, the dangers of the Dirty Energy Scam, and the Trump […]
People’s Action to Protest EPA Hearing on Trump’s Dirty Energy Plan
CHICAGO – People’s Action and our allies will send a clear message Monday – inside and outside the Environmental Protection Agency’s hearing here – that the Trump administration’s Dirty Energy Scam is a life and death issue for our families and our communities. People’s Action, a national organization based in Chicago, has advocated for a […]
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People’s Action and our sister organization People’s Action Institute are making waves. Our work, affiliates, and leaders have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, CBS News, The Guardian and Rolling Stone.
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People's Action's work to make our political system work for everyday people was featured in a June 2017 segment of "People and Power," an Al Jazeera weekly documentary series. (Watch the full program on AlJazeera.com.)