Netroots Nation 2015

Posted by | May 7, 2015
Ending Inequality for All: How Progressives Can Win, from Presidential Politics to the Fast Food Fight

Thanks to the advocacy of progressives, the country has turned a critical eye toward the historic gap between the 1 percent and the rest of America. We've won significant income inequality victories,...

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Arizona’s Latino Civic Engagement from SB 1070 to Now

Since the passage of SB1070, groups around the state -- and country -- have prioritized innovative and collaborative civic engagement campaigns with Latinos. Join us for a conversation on how...

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Examining Racial and Gender Bias: Case studies from the Restaurant, Retail, Domestic and Tech Industries

Despite efforts to create equal employment opportunities for women and people of color, the distribution of jobs remains unequal and biased. Racial and gender bias can exclude workers from a...

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Fed Up: The Economy Still Isn’t Working for Us and Why You Should Care about the Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve Board is making the most consequential economic policy decisions affecting the vast majority of Americans over the next few years. Yet far too few Americans realize the...

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Hashtag Activism: How the Rising American Electorate is Moving Beyond Broadcast Campaigns

Meet with leaders from some of 2014's most powerful online campaigns and movements: the Black Youth Project 100, which worked in solidarity with communities in Ferguson on anti police brutality;...

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How Progressive Arizona Became Tea Party Arizona

Arizona entered the Union in 1912 as a progressive state, enshrining in its Constitution citizen power over elected officials in at least three major ways: initiative, referendum and recall. All...

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How the Web was Won: The Battle for Net Neutrality

In March 2014, the Federal Communications Commission proposed to let internet service providers like Verizon and Comcast create private fast lanes on the Internet, threatening to leave the majority behind...

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If the Rising American Electorate is so Important, Why Isn’t it Reflected in our Staffing?

Progressives actively advocate for removing barriers that play a role in preventing minority groups from fully realizing their potential in society. But ironically, while this important work takes place daily...

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Inclusion Matters: The Whys and Hows of Expanding Progressive Engagement of Latinos in the Media

With eyes on 2016, the Right is desperate to win over or neutralize Latino voters at the ballot box, and they are doing everything they can to get the media...

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LGBTQ Ladies Doin’ It For Ourselves: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Engaging LGBTQ Women

LGBTQ women have been central players in many social change movements—suffrage, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, disability rights, reproductive justice, racial and economic justice—even if their identities as queer women haven't...

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