Change comes when the people demand it — in the voting booth, in the workplace, and on the streets in peaceful demonstrations. We must remind ourselves of what's been achieved in the past, and resolve to do equally great things in the future.
We must build on our common humanity and do everything that we can to oppose all of the forces, whether unaccountable government power or unaccountable corporate power, who try to divide us up and set us against each other.
Public education is fundamental to any functioning democratic society, and teaching is one of its most valuable and indispensable professions. We need to pay teachers enough to live comfortably without taking on other work, period.
Arkansas's Medicaid work requirement numbers reveal that for every one new person working, volunteering, or training, almost 50 people lost their health insurance. These policies do nothing but punish the poor for being poor and can have deadly impacts.
One year ago, the Medicare for All Act was introduced to guarantee health care to everyone. Today, Medicare for All is more popular than ever with 70% of American voters supporting it. Let's go forward together and make health care a right, not a privilege.
Social Security is the most successful government program in our nation's history. Our job must be to expand it so that every American can retire with dignity and respect they deserve.