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HUD Andrew Valls & Esther John Housing Discrimination and Reparations for African Americans Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Treasury, Fed. Reserve Chair Ravi Batra Understanding the Current Economic Crisis & Predicting the Future Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	State- Near Eastern Affairs/UN Ambassador Phyllis Bennis The Doomed US Occupation of Iraq - Will Sadr Succeed, Where We Have Failed? Will Congress Ever Pull the Plug? Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Democracy & Election Integrity David Cobb & Clint Curtis Election Integrity: Free and Fair -or- Rigged from the Get-Go? Listen Now 3.5-Minute Preview Summary and Action Steps
Health Dr. Steffie Woolhandler Curing a Sick Healthcare System Listen Now One-Minute Preview Summary and Action Steps	National Drug Control Policy Sanho Tree Replacing Our Nation's Punitive and Coercive Drug Policy with a Public Health and Community Economic Development Model Listen Now Three-Minute Preview Summary and Action Steps	Democracy Brad Friedman On the Front Lines for Voting Rights and Election Integrity Listen Now Two-Minute Preview Summary and Action Steps	Education Eric Cooper Addressing Race and Class Disparities in Urban Schools Listen Now Four-Minute Preview Summary and Action Steps
State Anthony Arnove Occupation and the Language of Empire Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Justice Jakada Imani Books Not Bars Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	State Emira Woods US-Africa Policy: Beyond Exploitation, Extraction & Neglect Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Health Quentin Young, M.D. Single Payer National Health Insurance Audio Unavailable Summary and Action Steps
Movement / Trade Stan Sorscher Ph.D. Government Protects Where Markets Fail Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Housing and Urban Development Professor Christopher Alexander Rebuild Neighborhoods, Rebuild the Country Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Peace, State Tom Hayden Iraq, the Middle East and the Peace Movement Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	State- Middle East Prof. Stephen Zunes Listen Now Summary and Action Steps
Peace Dal LaMagna Stop the Killing! End the Kidnappings! Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Health and Human Services (HHS) Byllye Avery Health Care As a Human Right Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Education John Taylor Gatto Restoring Education, Healing Children, Creating Citizens Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Transportation John Norquist of the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) Reforming Transportation: Adding Value to America Listen Now Summary and Action Steps
Labor & Citizenship and Immigration Services Baldemar Velasquez North to South: Justice Has No Boundaries, Del Norte al Sur: La Justicia No Tiene Limite Listen Now En Espanol Summary and Action Steps	State Prof. Chalmers Johnson Empire vs. Republic Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Citizenship and Immigration Services Elena Herrada Caring for Children, Picking Produce, Toiling in Factories: Hardworking Residents and the Elusive American Dream Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Secretary of Labor Holly Sklar Honor America's Workers and Build a Healthy Economy: Raise the Minimum Wage Listen Now Summary and Action Steps
Peace, Defense, State Noam Chomsky Dismantling Empire, Building Democracy Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Sustainability, Agriculture Lester R. Brown Envisioning a U.S. Department of Sustainability Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Homeland Security-FEMA Rep. Cynthia McKinney True Security for All: Exposing American Disparities Audio Unavailable Summary and Action Steps	Agriculture, Commerce, FCC Jim Hightower Agriculture and Our Growing Movement: A Progessive Harvest in the Heartland? Listen Now Summary and Action Steps
State, Defense Dr. Stephen Zunes Democracy and Nonproliferation in the Middle East Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Energy Jay Inslee and Dan Kammen Energy Independence And The New Apollo Energy Act Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Education, Peace Howard Zinn Educating for Justice Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Labor Bill Fletcher, Jr. Labor and Justice Listen Now Summary and Action Steps
FCC Chair Ambrose I. Lane, Sr. Reclaiming the Fourth Estate Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Federal Reserve Dr. James Galbraith A Progressive Approach to the Federal Reserve Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Agriculture, Labor Dolores Huerta The Intersections of Agriculture, Labor and Civil Rights Listen Now En Espanol Summary and Action Steps	Energy, Peace Dr. Helen Caldicott The Real Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Those Who Won't Give Them Up Listen Now Summary and Action Steps
Interior Winona LaDuke Land Recovery, Economic Development and Reversing Cultural Genocide Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Education Jonathan Kozol Educational Advocacy and Social Equity Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Defense, State, Treasury, and Homeland Security Gary Hart Balancing National Security and Social Investment Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Labor Ruth Rosenbaum Living Wages vs. Jobs, Battling Systemic Causes of Poverty Audio Unavailable Summary and Action Steps
Commerce John Cavanagh Alternatives to the Wal-Mart Economy Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Commerce Judy Wicks Building Economic Power in Our Local Communities Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	State Dr. Craig Eisendrath On Articulating A Progressive Foreign Policy Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Justice David Van Os Fight for Separation of Church and State and Still Turn Red States Blue Listen Now Summary and Action Steps
Sustainablility, Commerce Hunter Lovins Building a Sustainable Economy Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Energy Ralph Cavanagh Creating a Progressive Energy Policy, Part II Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Commerce, Treasury Amy Domini Investing In The Future We Want Audio Unavailable Summary and Action Steps	Ambassador to the UN Phyllis Bennis Crafting a Constructive Partnership, A Progressive Approach to the UN, Part II Listen Now Summary and Action Steps
Secretary of State Gayle Smith Crafting a Constructive Partnership, A Progressive Approach to the United Nations Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	U.S. Trade Representative Lori Wallach Trading for Justice, Progressive Strategies on Trade and Globalization Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Defense & Peace Chuck Spinney & Dennis Kucinich Progressive Approach to National Security Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Secretary - Department of Energy Daniel Kammen Crafting a Progressive Energy Policy Listen Now Summary and Action Steps

Movement Matters In this series of calls, we explore the importance of creating, building, and defining the progressive movement.
Chuck Collins and Dean Baker A Progressive Response to the Economic Crisis, Part 2 Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Dean Baker and Doug Henwood A Progressive Response to the Economic Crisis, Part 1 Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Glenn Hurowitz Be Progressive, Courageous AND Win! Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Luis Cuevas Inside-Outside Organizing: Lessons from the Southeast States Listen Now Summary and Action Steps
Healthcare Citizen Panel Universal Single-Payer Comprehensive Health Insurance Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Alice Lovelace Come to the US Social Forum! Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Steve Cobble Progressive Priorities for the 110th Congress Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Professor Howard Zinn On Convening a Progressive Shadow Cabinet Listen Now Summary and Action Steps
Linda Schade Voters for Peace, Candidates for Peace Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Santiago Juarez Organizing to Reclaim the Commons: Civic Participation, Shared Resources, and Public Spaces Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	James Marriott of PLATFORM The Republic of Our Imagination Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Joel Barkin From Opposition to Proposition, Part II - PLAN's Progressive Strategy for the States Listen Now Summary and Action Steps
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Where Do We Go From Here? Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Kevin Danaher From Opposition to Proposition, Readying Progressives for Power Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Tim Carpenter Grassroots Strategy Day, Lobbying, and Demonstrations Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Paul Loeb The Impossible Will Take a Little While Listen Now Summary and Action Steps
Sheila Jackson Lee Resolution of Inquiry - The Downing Street Minutes Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	David Cobb Building the Progressive Movement Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Medea Benjamin Building the Progressive Movement Listen Now Summary and Action Steps	Bill Fletcher, Jr. Visualizing a Neo-Rainbow Listen Now Summary and Action Steps

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Conversations with the Cabinet

Creating links between citizens and our most effective policy and movement leaders

Nominees:

Movement Matters