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Protecting the Freedom to Form Labor Unions

PSN on January 8, 2007 - 10:54am

The past thirty years have seen a marked decline in job quality for a substantial portion of the U.S. workforce: stagnant wages, shrinking health benefits and less job security. While a number of factors explain this decline, there is little question that the decline in the strength of labor unions in the US has played a major role.

What States Can Do for Darfur

PSN on December 14, 2006 - 10:45am

Since the Bush administration first recognized the genocide in Darfur, over 250,000 men, women, and children have died. This number does not count the countless women and children that have been raped or attacked as a result of the Sudanese government's campaign to kill and drive out Darfur's ethnic African populations. The violence and genocide is now spilling over into Chad and the Central African Republic. Yet, even with such horrifying statistics, the situation deteriorates day by day.

One Eye on the Ballot

PSN on October 30, 2006 - 10:38am

It's a big year for ballot issues. Mid-term elections, when no President is being elected, typically see less activity on the ballot issue front than Presidential years, but 2006 is proving to be an exception. Eighteen states will consider 76 ballot issues this fall, as high as its been since 1914 for a non-Presidential year.

IL: Low Wage Daley Strikes Again

Matt Singer on October 2, 2006 - 9:52am
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley thinks Illinoisans should be making lower wages.

Child Care: A Valuing Families Campaign Issue

PSN on September 25, 2006 - 8:38am
In state elections across the country, how to create quality, affordable child care has become a potent campaign issue.

Conservative Candidates Promote Progressive Policies

PSN on September 21, 2006 - 10:24am
One sign of progressive strength is when progressive candidates win elections. But another sign is when conservative candidates begin adopting progressive programs for fear of losing office. And across the country, many GOP gubernatorial candidates have begun embracing progressive causes as a way to court the voters:

IL: Chicago Mayor Vetoes Retail Living Wage Ordinance

PSN on September 14, 2006 - 12:21pm

In his first veto over 17 years as mayor, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has vetoed the ordinance passed by the city council which would have required large retail stores of at least 90,000 square feet to pay $10 an hour, plus $3 in benefits, by July 2010.

CA: Legislature Votes for Single-Payer Health System to Cover Uninsured

PSN on August 31, 2006 - 9:47am
Yesterday, the California Assembly voted for a bill, SB 840, that would provide health care to all state residents under a government-run universal health insurance system, joining the state Senate which enacted a similar bill last year.

Illinois Joins Pre-School for All Movement

PSN on July 31, 2006 - 9:40am
This past week, Illinois Governor Blagojevich signed the first law in the nation that establishes the goal of universally-available public preschool for all 3- and 4-year olds in that state.