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George Goehl

George Goehl

George Goehl is the former executive director of People's Action and People's Action Institute, a national organization of a million people in 30 states fighting for economic, environmental, racial, and gender justice.

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Articles by this author

 
A rural home with "Trump 2020" yard signs in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, a swing state in the 2020 election. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty images)

How Do You Flip Rural Trump Voters? Talk to Them.

In 2016, establishment Democrats all but ignored rural communities. Groups like People’s Action are changing that, one conversation at a time.

George Goehl ·

Unions build power for the rest of us. (Photo: Shutterstock)

The Time Is NOW For The PRO Act To Protect Workers

 Working people have never stopped fighting for their rights. Now it’s time for Congress to join their fight.

Jennifer Epps-Addison ·

Blaming immigrants for a lack of "good jobs" only helps the corporations who cut wages, slash benefits, and offshore jobs. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Trump’s Re-election Strategy: Pit Us Against Each Other

I’ve seen firsthand how communities get hung out to dry when politicians scapegoat immigrants for the crimes of corporations.

George Goehl ·

We dug into the work of building deeper relationships with rural people who are rarely asked for their opinions and whose voices are rarely counted. We heard their pain as jobs, farms and hope were lost. (Photo: Screenshot)

Heartland Holds the Key to Winning in 2020

Two years after they sent Donald Trump to the White House, voters in the Heartland broadly rejected his divisive agenda in a people-powered blue wave

George Goehl ·

Trump’s Policy Agenda Is an All-Out War on Kids

If you’re not part of Trump’s family or the corporate class he works for, his agenda is bad for our children. Not just someone else’s children — our children.

George Goehl ·

The Future of "American" Is Up To Us

Many of our nation’s best moments have been when we heeded the call to stand down hatred and racism. Now should be one of those times.

George Goehl ·

There’s an All-Out War on Kids, and Not Just on the Border

What we’re witnessing at our border is one part of a war against all children — whether by cuts to schools, child nutrition, health care, safe air and water, or family-supporting jobs.

George Goehl ·

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is executing the Trump administration's 'zero tolerance' policy towards undocumented immigrants. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Why I’m Going to the Border for Father’s Day

I hope dads across the country can, for just a minute on this Father’s Day, contemplate the risks that migrant fathers take to make their children safe.

George Goehl ·

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