ON JANUARY 20, 2018, MANY CITIES ACROSS AMERICA WILL BE HAVING WOMEN'S MARCHES CELEBRATING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON D.C. ON JANUARY 20TH OF 2017. ON JANUARY 21, THE WOMEN'S MARCH WILL STORM LAS VEGAS FOR "POWER TO THE POLLS," AN EVENT THAT ITS ORGANIZERS HOPE TO USE TO BOOST PROGRESSIVES IN THE 2018 MIDTERM ELECTIONS, CAPITALIZING ON THE MOMENTUM FROM SOME 2017 ELECTION VICTORIES, INCLUDING DEMOCRAT DOUG JONES'S UPSET WIN IN THE ALABAMA U.S. SENATE SPECIAL ELECTION. REBECCA COOK/REUTERS "[Tuesday] night, Black women delivered as they always do," Linda Sarsour, a Women's March co-organizer, said in a statement, referring to black women's overwhelming support in helping Jones
On Friday Republicans finalized their proposed tax plan and, with votes expected by the House and Senate in the next two days, the halls of Congress are overflowing with protests over the bill's provisions. The most significant overhaul of the US tax code since 1986, the much-debated bill would provide President Trump with his first legislative victory -- on the backs, some say, of the middle-class. Although the final bill includes trillions in cuts, it would increase the deficit by at least $1.46 trillion over a decade, and provide significant permanent tax cuts for corporations and business owners, while providing only temporary individual, middle-class provisions that would expire in 2025
Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to kill net neutrality. We’re deeply disappointed in this decision. As an organization, Change.org decided this year that defending net neutrality was necessary to our mission of providing a free petition platform that empowers anyone, anywhere, to start or join campaigns about issues that matter most to them. I know you’re disappointed too. Despite FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a former Verizon attorney, knowing that 83% of Americans support net neutrality, and that millions of you filed comments with FCC, flooded phone calls to Congress, and joined this massive Change.org petition, he rushed his plan forward. However, I want to say tha
