Yes, He Can – 20 Progressive Executive Actions
The Nation magazine outlines 20 ways that Obama can use his presidential power to push a progressive agenda.
Environment
Assemble a Commission on Climate Change
Direct the EPA to Regulate All Greenhouse Gases
Reject the Keystone Pipeline and ‘All of the Above’
Foreign Policy And National Security
Take Nuclear Weapons Off ‘Hair-Trigger’ Status
Take Cuba Off the ‘State Sponsors of Terror’ List
Audit the Pentagon
Economy
Create a National Development Bank
Labor
Implement ‘High Road’ Contracting
Grant Wage and Overtime Protections to Homecare Workers
Criminal Justice
Challenge the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Pardon Prisoners and Commute Unjust Sentences
Tell the Justice Department to Focus on High-Level Offenses
Immigration
Stop Deporting Undocumented Parents
Reproductive Rights
Tell HHS to Approve Over-the-Counter Plan B for All Women
Reinterpret the Helms Amendment
Civil Liberties
Rewrite FBI Guidelines for Spying on Americans
Release the Legal Memos on Targeted Killings
Voting Rights
Modernize Voting
Money in Politics
Appoint New Federal Election Commissioners
Make Government Contractors Reveal Political Donations
Read the full article here. As the Nation Editors write – From Cuba to climate change to criminal justice, progressives must push the president to act—and forge a better future.