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Arizona protesters arrested at Flake’s D.C. office in health care rally

WASHINGTON — As calls of “Trumpcare kills” and “health care is a human right” echoed through the halls of Capitol office buildings Monday, Lauren Klinkhamer stood quietly in Arizona Sen. Jeff...

Pinal Central | Civic Engagement

Activists Push the Democrats for Real Solutions on Climate Change

There might be no issue that splits so neatly along party lines as climate change. While Democrats have all but consensed on the existence of man-made global warming, Republicans have staked out...

In These Times | Organizing for Environmental Justice

‘Shut This Office Down’: 128 Arrested As Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters Visit Republican Senators

The Women’s March and the Center for Popular Democracy spearheaded a mass arrest action to kick off a week of protests in support of Dr. Ford, whose allegations against the Supreme Court nominee...

News2Share | Civic Engagement

New Report Details Fundamental Flaws in Long Island Workforce Housing Act

For Immediate Release: May 14, 2015


Contact: Ricardo A. Ramírez, rramirez@...

Organizing for Housing Justice & A Home to Thrive

Puerto Rican Activists Reject Debt Restructuring Agreement

02.10.2020

San Juan,...

Organizing for a Just Recovery in Puerto Rico and Beyond

New York Now Largest City With Paid Sick Days

ThinkProgress - June 27, 2013, by Bryce Covert - In an early morning session on Thursday, the New York City Council voted to override a veto from Mayor Michael Bloomberg on paid sick days...

Activists launch #BackersOfHate to call out major companies with ties to Trump

Activists are fearlessly taking on some of the biggest corporations in the U.S., calling them out for their ties to President Donald Trump.

A newly launched website called BackersOfHate.org...

Mashable | Civic Engagement

Scarlett Johansson, Her "Avengers" Co-Stars And The John Gore Organization Raise $500,000 For Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Efforts

"We are deeply grateful to Scarlett Johansson, Kenny Leon and everyone involved in the production of this play for stepping up and contributing their talent to help towards the equitable and just...

hamptons.com | Civic Engagement

Fatal Inequality - The Report

Fatal Inequality
Workplace Safety Eludes Construction Workers of Color in New York State

The construction industry is full of dangerous jobs. Smaller companies often have...

Last-Minute Schedule Changes? Some Cities Say Employers Must Pay

Dec. 1 — More than a dozen states and cities in the past year considered legislation to require retail stores and restaurants to provide extra pay to employees for last-minute work schedule...

Bloomberg BNA | Restoring a Fair Workweek

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Perkins was a key writer of New Deal policies. Known as an expert on health and safety policy reforms in New York state, Frances Perkins was tapped by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor in his cabinet - the first woman to serve.

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Frances Perkins was born in a world on fire. In the early 1900s Robber Barons didn’t care about workers rights or the safety of children that worked in their factories. “Safety laws” as we know them today didn’t exist- and the wealthy actively fought against them.

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