HB 56, Alabama's extreme immigration bill, was explicitly designed to drive undocumented immigrants out of the state. Since being signed into law, many of the approximately 200,000 Latinos who remain...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
Lobbying Congress can seem like an impossible uphill climb even in the best of times, but there are alternative ways to make progress. There's much to be done without worrying...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
This panel will explore case studies that exemplify outstanding mobile organizing practices and how they're going to be critical in 2012. Panelists will share their experiences in bridging the digital...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
There are new emerging movements online that differ from their identity-based or multi-issue predecessors, ones that bring new people into the progressive movement and represent an exciting evolution of our...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
Culture is the realm of ideas, images and stories; it is where people make sense of the world and where they find meaning and forge community. History shows that when...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
When Occupy Wall Street first started, almost no one thought it would work. What does the explosion of interest in OWS say about the tactics of the occupation? What can...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
Collaboration, Not Co-option: Labor, Community Organizations and Occupy Wall Street Working Together
Occupy Wall Street has not only been a successful movement in and of itself, but it was pivotal in reinvigorating the work of labor unions and community organizations throughout the...
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The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United opened the floodgates to massive amounts of anonymous corporate spending in our elections and allowed Super PACs to spend millions on campaign ads...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
Super PACs, 501(c)(4)s, outside spending groups and their untraceable dollars are now de rigeur in elections, with unfettered and undisclosed campaign spending threatening the very heart of our democracy. Bringing...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
This panel will share insights to help you interpret the next set of polling data you see. We'll discuss the huge challenge of sampling cell-phone-only households, whether mainstream media outlets...
