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Can Game-Changing "Community Schools" Model Survive Dallas ISD Politics?

On a sunny morning in early May, a wayward DART bus pulled to a stop in front of Paul Laurence Dunbar Learning Center in South Dallas. From the porches of tumbledown homes, neighbors glanced with...

Dallas Observer | Organizing for Education Justice
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Will Maria response energize CT Puerto Rican voters?

Will Maria response energize CT Puerto Rican voters?

A year after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, there is a debate about whether the storm has created political winds that will prompt Connecticut’s Puerto Ricans to shed their reputation as...

CT Mirror | Organizing for a Just Recovery in Puerto Rico and Beyond

Amalgamated Bank Sets Example with $15 Minimum Wage

Following Amalgamated Bank’s announcement that it will raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour, Brian...

Raising the Bar for Workers and Families

Center for Popular Democracy calls on Cuomo to reverse his position to send NYS Police into Long Island Public Schools

09.14.2017

NEW YORK, NY -- In response to Governor Cuomo's announcement that he will be sending New York State Police officers into Long Island public schools,...

Protecting Immigrant Communities

Wall Street Stands to Make a Killing From Building Trump's Border Wall: Report

"It’s always been clear that Trump’s border wall had no real benefit or justification—and now it’s clear that it could serve to further enrich his wealthy friends,” said Ana Maria Archila, co-...

Alternet
[created] | Published by: The American Prospect

School Closures: A Blunt Instrument

School Closures: A Blunt Instrument

In 2013, citing a $1.4 billion deficit, Philadelphia’s state-run school commission voted to close 23 schools—nearly 10 percent of the city’s stock. The decision came after a three-hour meeting at...

The American Prospect | Organizing for Education Justice

Protesters Demand a Voice in Selection of Next President of Philadelphia ‘Fed’

CBS Philly - December 15, 2014, by Steve Tawa - Just as the Federal Reserve is about to hold a key policy meeting in Washington, DC, a group of activists is calling for a more transparent process...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up
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A Budget for the City of Immigrants

A Budget for the City of Immigrants

In recent years, New York City has taken major strides forward in its engagement with immigrant communities. Under the leadership of Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-...

Gotham Gazette
[created] | Published by: The Wall Street Journal

Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker to Retire in October

Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker to Retire in October

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker, one of the Fed system’s most outspoken advocates for higher short-term interest rates in recent years, will retire Oct. 1 after 28 years...

The Wall Street Journal | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Fed Up Coalition Advocates for Candidates from Diverse Backgrounds for San Francisco President

07.18.2018

Despite Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell's ...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

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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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