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There isn’t a single state in America where a person can support themselves on $15 an hour, and yet the federal minimum wage remains well below that. We got together with Fight for Fifteen workers, US Congressman Ro Khanna and other workers from across the country, to discuss how we can all organize for a better future for all of us. Watch the full conversation here:

A diabetes diagnosis should never be a death sentence. And yet, in a country where life-saving insulin costs hundreds if not thousands of dollars, it can be exactly that. Tuesday, Insulin 4 all activists marched to Senator Schumer’s office, calling upon him to add insulin coverage to Medicare. Watch the action here:

As summer heats up, so does the planet.

This week, we rushed to Capitol Hill to support Congresswoman Jayapal and the rest of the House Congressional Caucus calling upon the executive branch to do the right thing: Declare a Climate emergency. President Biden already has the executive authority to stop America’s outsized contribution to the end of the world. Watch our allies come together on Capitol Hill to stand up to Big Oil for all of us:

These are overwhelming times, and we can only survive them through solidarity. Thank you for being on our team now, and for all the challenging fights ahead! The best parts of America have always been its activists. Thank you for being our movement family.

Jocelyn Macurdy Keatts

Washington Correspondent, act.tv

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