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Vote Now for an Unsung Progressive Hero

04/30/2012

Washington, D.C. – Voting is now open for the sixth annual Maria Leavey Tribute Award. Every year, the Campaign for America’s Future honors an unsung progressive hero with the Maria Leavey Tribute Award at the annual Take Back the American Dream Conference.

A panel of Maria Leavey's friends and colleagues selected five progressive champions to be the award finalists: read more »

Jobs Numbers Show More Needs to be Done to Get Americans Back to Work

04/06/2012

Washington, DC -- The Campaign for America’s Future’s co-director Robert Borosage said that today’s jobs numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of 120,000 new jobs shows that while we are heading in the right direction, much more needs to be done to assure a full recovery that includes Americans getting back to work at jobs that pay a living wage. read more »

Nominate a Progressive Hero for the Maria Leavey Award

03/09/2011

Washington, D.C. – Every year, the Campaign for America’s Future honors an unsung progressive hero with the Maria Leavey Tribute Award at the annual Take Back the American Dream Conference. read more »

Campaign for America’s Future Joins 60 Organizations and Visionaries in Releasing Dream of A Nation

10/25/2011

Washington, DC -- – Campaign for America’s Future is joining 60 organizations and visionaries in launching an effort to elevate awareness and inspire action around some of the most pressing economic, social, and environmental issues of our time. read more »

New Report Shows State Budget Cuts are Devastating Public Schools

10/13/2011

WASHINGTON, DC —New austerity budgets, passed by state legislatures, are having a huge negative effect on direct services to children, youth, and families, according to a new report by Campaign for America’s Future. read more »

CAF OPPOSES 'GANG OF SIX' DEFICIT PLAN

07/20/2011

The Campaign for America’s Future today is firmly opposing a bipartisan deficit reduction deal released Tuesday by a “Gang of Six” in the Senate.

Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, today released this statement: read more »

THE TEST FOR REPUBLICANS: CONFIRM CORDRAY AS HEAD OF THE CFPB

07/18/2011

Statement from Robert Borosage,
Director, Campaign for America's Future

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Obama Addresses Real Cause of Deficits While Making Case for Investments in Jobs

04/13/2011

Washington – Reacting to President Obama's budget speech today, Campaign for America’s Future’s co-director Roger Hickey said, “The Campaign for America’s Future salutes the president for clearly opposing the Republican call to end Medicare and Medicaid as we know it. read more »

Campaign for America’s Future Announces a Project Designed to Hold Lawmakers Accountable to the Middle Class: TheMiddleClass.Org

04/07/2011

The Campaign for America’s Future and Progressive Punch are launching a project to hold lawmakers accountable for how their votes will have an impact on the middle class: www.themiddleclass.org. TheMiddleClass.org is a go-to website for information and analysis on congressional voting records on middle class issues.

Acclaimed Documentary “At the River I Stand” Available for "We Are One" Events Free of Charge

04/01/2011

Acclaimed Documentary “At the River I Stand” Available for We Are One Events Free of Charge. Award-winning film chronicles Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Journey and the 1968 AFSCME Sanitation Workers Strike.