The son of the late Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone made a big push Wednesday for
mental health insurance long championed by his father, leading a call-in effort
urging Congress to take up the legislation before its August
recess.
Imagine this scenario: To control costs, a giant health insurer
announces that it's singling out heart disease patients. From now on,
it will charge them higher co-pays and put lifetime limits on the
number of times they can see a doctor for their condition. The ensuing outrage would be loud and vitriolic. And rightfully so.
It's wrong to target one group of patients.
The progressive movement has prided itself on its ability to get its
messages out by harnessing the Internet, but now a liberal-minded group is returning to an old-fashioned model: a book club.
As a national center for training and leader development for people and organizations involved in politics and public life, Wellstone Action directly partners with dozens of great organizations working for social change.
Supporting issues in America such as the environment,
education, human rights, and labor, America Votes is the largest progressive-group
coalition in the county.
Amnesty International's mission is to protect
human rights and inspire supporters whom are seeking a better world through
campaigns and international unity.
The Beatitudes Society is a collective of
Christian leaders focused on sustaining new Christian leaders working for a
progressive justice, compassion, and peace network.
The Brady
Center to Prevent Gun
Violence is the largest group leading the nation to end gun violence through
grassroots, nonpartisan, legislative action.
Campaign Corps trains recent progressive-minded college
graduates in a week-long Campaign
School, and then puts
them to work on the last three months of a targeted Democratic campaign.
Campus Progressgives a voice to motivated individuals nationwide whom wish to
become progressive leaders and connect with other progressives to from strong
movements for the future.
